Vem minns inte artikeln av journalisten Andrew MacGregor i tidningen The Independent.
"But I just could not accept giving up and ignoring the truth about Thailand. Thai people deserve the right to be fully informed, to debate their future without fear. With great regret, I resigned from Reuters at the start of June to publish my article for anybody who wants to read it.
Today, I have done that. I am now a criminal in Thailand. It is desperately sad to know that I cannot visit such a wonderful country again. But it would have been sadder still to have had the chance to tell the truth, and fail to do so. It's my duty as a journalist, and a human being, to do better than that. That's why I published my story."
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/andrew-macgregor-marshall-why-i-decided-to-jeopardise-my-career-and-publish-secrets-2301363.html
Den senaste rapporten från Freedom House ser inte heller den så ljus ut:
Freedom of the net status: Not free
Freedom of the press status: Not free
http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2012/Thailand
Med facit i hand är jag glad att jag valde bort Thailand som land för mina barn att växa upp i. Tråkigt men sant.