Story highlights The court has not allowed bail based on it being a case with high penalties, and the defendants may repeat the actions, a lawyer said
A Thailand court has denied bail to four popular democracy activists who had been charged with violation of the kingdom s royal defamation law.
Four activists were charged for defaming the royal family of Thailand and the government of Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha during a series of protests that took place in the country last year.
Thousands had flocked to the streets to raise voices against the government and the monarch family alleging them of mistreatment and corruption. However, these protests were not welcomed by the authorities.
As martial law is declared across parts of Myanmar, the head of the junta addresses the country via state TV, promising to hold new elections and hand over power to the winner.
Huge crowds turn out in Yangon and Dawei to continue protesting the coup, while people across Myanmar rally in support of detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
HONG KONG, Feb 1 Detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was in court today trying to win bail in the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the city last year. Lai, 73, who owns the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, is one of more than 100.