When Loyalty Demands Dissent

          Collection of articles, news reports, petitions, etc. on the 1991 imprisonment of Thai thinker, Sulak Sivaraksa for lese majesty, and release; includes his articles and lectures chiefly on Buddhism; published on his 61^st birthday.

          For Nilchawee Sivaraksa

          Anyone who knows Thailand well would know of Sulak Sivaraksa, social activist, political commentator, mentor to idealistic students, intellectual, Buddhist scholar, and all-around gadfly. A diehard “Siamese,” whose loyalty to Thai history and tradition is paramount to personal safety considerations, Sulak has time and again found himself in trouble with the government and the military for his outspokenness. This volume is a collection of national and international press cutting, articles, interviews and petitions published in 1993 in association with his ongoing trial for lese majeste.

 

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction: To Roses and Rotten Eggs

I. PRESS CUTTING FROM BANGKOK

II. ARTICLES ABOUT AND INTERVIEWS WITH SULAK

III. PRESS CUTTING FROM ABROAD

IV. PETTIONS

V. TESTIMONTES

VI. LECTURES & ARTICLES BY SULAK SIVARAKSA

VII. MISCELLANEOUS

VIII. CHARGES

IX. APPENDICES