Human rights groups criticise Queen’s historic lunch of monarchs

It was meant to be a monarchical milestone, an unprecedented meeting of the world’s crowned heads gathered at Windsor Castle in celebration of the Queen’s diamond jubilee.

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Foreign royals attend Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee lunch



Bahrain king attends Diamond Jubilee lunch (via AFP)

The king of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of rights abuses, was among nearly 50 foreign royals at a lunch Friday to mark the diamond jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The official list of royals attending the lunch at Windsor Castle, including King Hamad, whose Gulf island country is…

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Tensions over British queen’s regal Jubilee lunch



Tensions over British queen’s regal jubilee lunch (via AFP)

A glittering lunch for the world’s sovereigns to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was marked Thursday by a withdrawal, protests and sharp criticism of the guest list. Spain’s Queen Sophia has pulled out of Friday’s event at Windsor Castle, west of London, amid tensions…

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Death of Thai prisoner

Thai PM insists no reform of royal defamation law



Thai PM insists no reform of royal defamation law (via AFP)

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday she would not seek to change the country’s harsh royal defamation law despite outcry over the death of a grandfather jailed for the offence. Ampon Tangnoppakul, 62, who was dubbed “Uncle SMS”, died Tuesday inside Bangkok prison hospital, while serving…

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