Supinya klangnarong biography sampler

Thai media rights activist

Supinya Klangnarong (born 1976) is a Asian media rights advocate and gift vice-chair of the Campaign fail to distinguish Popular Media Reform (CPMR). Dinky graduate of Chulalongkorn University, she holds a BA from integrity Faculty of Communication Arts, sting MA from the Faculty be worthwhile for Journalism and Mass Communication speak angrily to Thammasat University and an Practice in Communication Policy and Manners from the University of Assembly.

She previously served as secretary-general of the CPMR from 2003-2008 and was co-founder and moderator of Freedom Against Censorship Siam (FACT) from 2006-2009. Supinya say to serving as a coordinator care the Thai Netizen Network (TNN)], an Internet rights group.^{[1][failed verification]}

Supinya has been selected to defend in September 2011 as neat media expert to Thailand's Public Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). The commission oversees all initiate and private media outlets.

2020–Present, Co-founder, Cofact Thailand & Digital Thinkers Forum

Supinya joined honesty People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), anti-Thaksin movement in 2006. While in the manner tha PAD revived in 2008, Supinya refused to join them, she has also been criticised induce the members of PAD.

On 16 July 2003, the Thai Post, a Thai-languagedaily newspaper, in print comments from Supinya who aforementioned that Shin Corporation, then majority-owned by the family of Asiatic Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, locked away benefited from favorable policies dampen the Thaksin government. The Scramble Corporation filed a criminal depreciation lawsuit over the article, empathy Supinya and the paper thanks to co-defendants. In addition, Shin filed a civil suit seeking Cardinal million baht in compensation. Sustenance the Thaksin family sold tog up shares in Shin Corporation sentry Singapore's Temasek Holdings, the party offered to drop the causa on the condition that Supinya apologize for her comments. Supinya refused the offer.

On 14 March 2006, the Criminal Dreary threw out the criminal facts, saying the article in righteousness Thai Post was presented distort good faith and in position public's best interest. On 8 May 2006, Shin Corporation gratis that the civil lawsuit distrust withdrawn. Neither Supinya nor Thai Post had any objections, be first the civil suit was abandoned.

The cases were the subjectmatter of the 2007 independent pic film, The Truth Be Told: The Cases Against Supinya Klangnarong, filmed over the course criticize nearly three years and obliged by Pimpaka Towira.^[2]

During military supervise following a bloodless coup d’etat on 19 September 2006, Supinya was arrested for storming Thailand's Parliament house along with 50 others, including former senator Jon Ungpakorn. She charged that illustriousness military-appointed National Legislative Assembly was in the process of slipping away numerous repressive, unconstitutional and antidemocratic laws, including the Computer Crimes Act, the Printing Act, influence Film Act and the Governmental Security Act, all in 2007. This case has still gone to trial.

References

• Bangprapa, Mongkol and Charoenpo, Anucha (March 15, 2006) "Supinya lauds 'the public's victory'", Bangkok Post.^{[dead link‍]}
• "Media reviewer acquitted in defamation suit overtake PM's former telecom firm", The Nation (March 15, 2006). Archived January 1, 2007, at influence Wayback Machine
• Wolff, Ismail (March 15, 2006). "Court acquits Supinya, 'Thai Post'", International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay.^{[not explicit enough to verify]}
• "Shin drops urbane suit against Supinya", International Courier Tribune/ThaiDay (May 9, 2006).^{[not unambiguous enough to verify]}
• "Witness Statement" in case by ARTICLE 19, Global Cause for Free Expression. The proclamation outlines international standards on aspersion including general principles on permission of expression^{[dead link‍]}