Same Sky Books

Same Sky (Thai: ฟ้าเดียวกัน; RTGS: fa deaw kan) is a quarterly journal published by Same Sky Books (Thai: สำนักพิมพ์ฟ้าเดียวกัน; RTGS: samnakphim fa deaw kan) since 2003. It focuses on political activism and criticism of politics and society of Thailand.

Same Sky
EditorThanapol Eawsakul
Categoriespolitics-social criticism
Frequencyquarterly
PublisherSame Sky Books
First issue2003
CountryThailand
LanguageThai
Websitesameskybooks.net
ISSN1685-6880

The publishing house was accused of Lèse-majesté leading to its website being inaccessible in 2008. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology declined involvement. The ministry, however, stated that the site had been under a close watch due to "violent" contents that were in contrary to the national atmosphere filled with mourn of Galyani Vadhana's recent death.[1]

Censorship

In 2006, the journal's "Monarchy and Thai Society" edition (or commonly known as the "Coke cover") was banned and seized following an order from then police general Kowit Wattana. This was due to its content being "contrary to public order or good morals of Thai citizens."[2] The authority never stated which article in specific violated the law.

The publishing house appealed to the court claiming its freedom of speech being protected under the constitution. It later defied the order by publishing other 6,000 copies.[3][4] Editor and owner Thanapol Eawsakul was accused of Lèse-majesté by a police station on 1 April 2006. Thanapol told Prachatai that the police did not provide any information on which specific part of the issue was problematic.[5]

The publishing house was visited and some copies were seized by police officers in October 2020 following the widespread protests.[6]

References
  1. Thairath, 'ไอซีที' ปัดสั่งบล็อกเว็บ 'ฟ้าเดียวกัน' เจ้าของยังลังเลเอาผิด, 9 January 2008
  2. Prachatai, สตช. สั่งยึด ’ฟ้าเดียวกัน’ ฉบับสถาบันกษัตริย์กับสังคมไทย, 29 March 2006
  3. Prachatai, บ.ก. ฟ้าเดียวกัน ลั่น "ผมไม่กลัวคุณ" เตรียมฟ้องศาลปกครองกรณี สตช. ยึดหนังสือ, 31 March 2006
  4. Prachatai, เปิดใจ ‘ธนาพล อิ๋วสกุล’ แห่ง ‘ฟ้าเดียวกัน’, 31 March 2006
  5. Prachatai, บ.ก. ฟ้าเดียวกันถูกแจ้งข้อหา หมิ่นพระบรมเดชานุภาพ, 2 April 2006
  6. "ตำรวจบุก "ฟ้าเดียวกัน" ตรวจยึดหนังสือวิจารณ์สถาบันกษัตริย์". ูผู้จัดการออนไลน์ (in Thai). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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