BANGKOK: More than 200 children in Thailand are facing serious criminal charges, including sedition, for their role in largely peaceful pro-democracy protests that shook the Southeast Asian kingdom in 2020, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Youth-led demonstrations calling for political change and reform to Thailand's untouchable monarchy drew tens of thousands onto the streets of the capital Bangkok at their peak in late 2020.

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