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Marchers rally at Democracy Monument
published : 8 Mar 2021 at 09:20 Protesters occupy Democracy Monument in a rally calling for democracy on Sunday. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied at Democracy Monument on Sunday in defiance of a police warning.
Members of the People Go network gathered on Ratchadamnoen Avenue to demand democracy and freedom for four protest leaders detained at Bangkok Remand Prison.
They are Arnon Nampa, Parit Penguin Chiwarak, Somyos Prueksakasemsuk and Patiwat “Mor Lam Bank” Saraiyaem, who were denied bail after being charged with lese-majeste. We are not fighting the police deployed in front of us. We are fighting against dictatorship, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, better known as Pai Dao Din, announced at the rally site.
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18 detained protesters deny charges
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published : 7 Mar 2021 at 13:24
36 Pro-democracy protesters converge outside the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road on Saturday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
All 18 detained protesters have denied charges pressed against them in connection with fresh rallies against the government on Saturday.
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights on Sunday posted a Facebook message saying the activists, including Piyarat Toto Chonthep, denied the charges after being informed by police.
They were under detention at the Border Patrol Police Region 1 barracks in Thanya Buri district in Pathum Thani. Two of them who were underaged were temporarily released pending an ordered to appear before the Central Juvenile and Family Court later on Sunday.
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The Bangkok Post reports that the Criminal Court has again “rejected the third bail request for four key Ratsadon members held on charges of lese majeste…”.
Charnvit Kasetsiri, a former rector of Thammasat University and Panas Tassaneeyanon, a former dean of the faculty of law were there to “offer themselves as the guarantors for the temporary releases of Arnon Nampa, Parit ‘Penguin’ Chiwarak, Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and Patiwat ‘Mor Lam Bank’ Saraiyaem.”
The court again denied the bail request, “citing the same reasons for the dismissals of the previous two requests the offence carried a high penalty and there were reasons to believe the suspects would repeat the offence if they were released on bail.”