Thai activist dies from hunger strike
by editors@theworld.org (Patrick Winn) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6MT3H)
An activist in Thailand has died following a hunger strike that lasted more than two months. The 28-year-old woman, Netiporn "Bung" Sanesangkhom, wanted to draw attention to Thailand's law against insulting the country's monarchy - a law she'd been charged with herself. Thailand has some of the world's strictest laws against royal defamation - with some offenders receiving decadeslong prison sentences. The World's Patrick Winn is following the story from Bangkok.