UN 激突するs first 王室の 中傷する 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 under new Thai king
A 上級の 国際連合 公式の／役人 on Tuesday 堅固に criticised the first 王室の defamation 事例／患者 brought under Thailand's new 君主, 説 public 人物／姿／数字s should not be above scrutiny or 批評.
The comments were 誘発するd by the continuing 拘留，拘置 of Jatupat Boonpatararaksa, a プロの／賛成の-僕主主義 student 行動主義者 逮捕（する）d in December for 株ing on Facebook a profile of King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Thousands of Thais 株d the profile written by the BBC Thai-language service in London. But Jatupat -- a 目だつ 革命評議会 critic better known by his 愛称 Pai -- is the only person to have been 起訴するd so far.
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn (pictured), 64, 後継するd his father Bhumibol Adulyadej who died in October after a seven-１０年間 統治する ?Fua d WAESAMAE (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
多重の 保釈（金） 審理，公聴会s have been held behind の近くにd doors and he 直面するs up to 15 years in 刑務所，拘置所 if 罪人／有罪を宣告するd.
David Kaye, the UN's special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and 表現, said he was 関心d by the use of secret 審理，公聴会s.
He also 開始する，打ち上げるd a wider attack on Thailand's lese majeste 法律, the use of which has 急上昇するd since ultra-royalist generals 掴むd 力／強力にする in 2014.
"Public 人物／姿／数字s, 含むing those 演習ing the highest political 当局, may be 支配する to 批評, and the fact that some forms of 表現 are considered to be 侮辱ing to a public 人物／姿／数字 is not 十分な to 正当化する 制限s or 刑罰，罰則s," Kaye said in a 声明.
He said such 法律s "have no place in a democratic country" and called for Thailand to 廃止する them.
The chances of that happening are わずかな／ほっそりした as Thailand is run by staunchly royalist generals who have formed the most 権威主義者 政府 in a 世代, with political 集会s banned and 得点する／非難する／２０s of 対抗者s 刑務所，拘置所d or 直面するing 裁判，公判.
Dozens of lese majeste 事例／患者s have been brought against members of the public and 行動主義者s -- often for comments made online -- with some 存在 手渡すd 負かす／撃墜する 25-30 year 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決s.
Thailand's enormously 豊富な 君主国 is 保護物，者d from 批評 by the lese majeste 法律, which 軍隊s マスコミ inside the kingdom to ひどく self-censor.
But 当局 have little 支配（する）／統制する over what is written outside the country.
The 省 of Foreign 事件／事情／状勢s said it could not comment on the 事例／患者 against Pai as it was 現在進行中の.
But it defended the lese majeste 法律, 説 "権利s are not 絶対の" and 起訴s are brought if comments "混乱に陥れる／中断させる public order and social harmony".
Vajiralongkorn, 64, 後継するd his father Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October after a seven-１０年間 統治する.
Bhumibol was 広範囲にわたって loved, his 肯定的な image 補佐官d by the lese majeste 法律 -- にもかかわらず a 2005 speech he gave 説 that the king was not above 批評.
Vajiralongkorn has yet to 達成する his father's 普及した 人気.
にもかかわらず 厳しい 報告（する）／憶測ing 制限s, many Thais are aware of his 多重の marriages, his lifestyle and character thanks to the internet.
観察者／傍聴者s are waiting to see whether his 統治する will 証言，証人／目撃する a 削減 or 増加する in lese majeste 起訴s.
David Kaye, the UN's special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and 表現, said he was 関心d by the use of secret 審理，公聴会s in Thailand ?Adem ALTAN (AFP/Fi le)
