By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat
BANGKOK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - In the year since making an unprecedented, taboo-breaking speech openly calling for discussion on the role of Thailand s powerful king, human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa has spent months in jail, charged with the crime of defaming the monarchy.
He is one of 103 people from Thailand s youth-led anti-government protests now charged with insulting or threatening King Maha Vajiralongkorn or his immediate family, a crime punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment. Hundreds more face other criminal charges.
Arnon, 36, says he has no regrets and vows the prosecutions will not crush the anti-government movement, which in recent weeks has been building again.
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