Pro-democracy protest leaders have called for people to wear black for seven days and to rally at Victory Monument on Saturday to express their rejection of the Constitutional Court ruling that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's term has not reached its eight-year limit.
The Civil Court has rejected a petition by four prominent activists for a court injunction to stop the government from exercising the emergency decree to bar their gathering on Sunday in protest against the lese majeste law.
Activist Parit hospitalised on day 46 of hunger strike
Correction officials feared detained pro-democracy protest leader could go into shock
published : 30 Apr 2021 at 19:26
54 An ambulance arrives at Bangkok Remand Prison to take detained protest leader Parit Chiwarak to Ramathibodi Hospital on Friday. (Thai Lawyers for Human Rights photo)
Protest leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak has been admitted to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment of deteriorating health from a hunger strike that has reached 46 days.
His hospitalisation came a day after Corrections Department officials rebutted online rumours about Mr Parit s health, saying he and fellow hunger striker Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul were not in danger.
46 Ratsadon protesters listen to a speaker near Parliament on Saturday. The placards on the barriers show the prime minister and nine cabinet ministers who faced a no-confidence vote earlier in the day. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
A few hundred activists gathered on Saturday evening for what they called a people’s no-confidence debate outside Parliament amid tight security provided by 4,000 police officers on rotating shifts.
The event came hours after a series of votes inside the legislative chamber, where Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his nine cabinet ministers survived a censure debate as coalition MPs closed ranks around them.
The evening activity was held by the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, a student group under the umbrella of the broader Ratsadon or People’s Movement, outside the Parliament complex at the Kiak Kai intersection.