Thai Attorneys Drop Royal Insult Charge Against US Academic

Thai attorneys have dropped royal insult charges against a US academic citing a lack of evidence, almost two months after he was detained and stripped of his job at a local university.

The Office of the Attorney General issued an order against the prosecution of Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in Thailand’s northern Phitsanulok province, earlier this week, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said in a social media post.