BANGKOK (Sputnik) – More than 10,000 people took to the streets in Bangkok on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s government.
The protesters, many of them students, have been calling on the government to stop the crackdown on its critics, rewrite the constitution and dissolve the lower house of parliament.
Anti-government protesters hold up signs during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on August 16, 2020. – Protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok on August 16 against the government as tensions rose in the kingdom after the arrest of three activists leading the pro-democracy movement.
Anti-government protesters hold up signs during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on August 16, 2020. – Protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok on August 16 against the government as tensions rose in the kingdom after the arrest of three activists leading the pro-democracy movement.
Organisers said they aimed to gather 50,000 signatures in support of a new constitution in the coming weeks. The demonstration is the largest since protests began in mid-July.
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