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American academic arrested in Thailand accused of criticizing monarchy

By Ross O'Keefe
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Authorities arrested American lecturer Paul Chambers, who teaches at a university in Thailand, for criticizing its monarchy.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said the United States was “alarmed” by Chambers’s arrest and called on Thai officials to “respect freedom of expression and to ensure that laws are not used to stifle permitted expression.”

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