The Big Interview speaks to Professor Dr Wolfram Schaffar of Passau University, Germany, on the European view of lèse-majesté law in Thailand. He makes an interesting comparison between the Thai case and that of quasi lèse-majesté in Germany, following the attack of a comedian, Jan Böhmermann, against the Turkish President Erdoğan who sued him on the basis of an old German law.

Read the full interview below -