Thai kids face charges over protests

Thai kids face charges over protests – Amnesty

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 09, 2023 2:30 am

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.

NO LIGHT MATTER Anti-government protesters raise their lit-up mobile phones during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Aug. 16, 2020. AFP FILE PHOTO

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