Arnon Nampa
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Nov 2, 2026
Lester KiewitHOST
Thailand's anti-royal renegade imprisoned for a very long time.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, a guy called Arnon Nampa.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
He's a human rights lawyer, so he knows a thing or two about the law.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
He's 42 years of age, but he's been found guilty 14 times of 14 crimes, always the same crime, and jailed for a total of 34 years.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
It is a democracy.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
But Arnon Nampa is a 42-year-old human rights lawyer, so he knows a thing or two about the law.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
He's been found guilty 14 times, 14 crimes, jailed for 34 years.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
His crime, always the same, is to question Thailand's monarchy.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
It is a democracy.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
But Arnon Nampa is a 42-year-old human rights lawyer, so he knows a thing or two about the law.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
He's been found guilty 14 times, 14 crimes, jailed for 34 years.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
His crime, always the same, is to question Thailand's monarchy.
Lester KiewitHOST
Thailand's anti-royal renegade imprisoned for a very long time.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, a guy called Arnon Nampa.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
He's a human rights lawyer, so he knows a thing or two about the law.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
He's 42 years of age, but he's been found guilty 14 times of 14 crimes, always the same crime, and jailed for a total of 34 years.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
But it's significant in the context of a long history of courts just automatically approving coups.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
What I found remarkable about this case, and in many ways, part of the entire spirit of the book came from this case, is that this group of 16 members of Resistant Citizen who, who brought their case, which included lawyers, including Anon Nampa, the, the lawyer who's currently serving a very long sentence for lèse-majesté, as well as some labor activists, some ordinary people, is that they knew.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
They knew that their case was never going to be adjudicated, and yet they still brought it.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
What I found significant about that and why it inspired the book is that I found the faith that people had.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
But it's significant in the context of a long history of courts just automatically approving coups.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
What I found remarkable about this case, and in many ways, part of the entire spirit of the book came from this case, is that this group of 16 members of Resistant Citizen who, who brought their case, which included lawyers, including Anon Nampa, the, the lawyer who's currently serving a very long sentence for lèse-majesté, as well as some labor activists, some ordinary people, is that they knew.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
They knew that their case was never going to be adjudicated, and yet they still brought it.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
What I found significant about that and why it inspired the book is that I found the faith that people had.
Chayata SripanichHOST
approving coups.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
What I found remarkable about this case, and in many ways part of the entire spirit of the book came from this case, is that this group of 16 members of Resistance Citizen who brought their case, which included lawyers, including Anon Nampa, the lawyer who's currently serving a very long sentence for His Majesty, as well as some labor activists, some ordinary people, is that they knew.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
They knew that their case was never going to be adjudicated.
Tyrell HaberkornGUEST
And yet they still brought it.