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Democracy youth pledge more rallies

Demonstrators confront police in riot gear Wednesday night at Suan Luang Square, where they gathered to demand the release of 10 protest leaders detained at nearby Pathumwan police station. Pornprom Satrabhaya

Pro-democracy groups have vowed to intensify their protests and lead two million people to rally this year.

Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, one of the key protest leaders announced the plan including the goal of two million protesters a day after a Bangkok court sent four of their leaders into pretrial detention on royal defamation charges. They have not been released and have been denied bail. She asked her supporters to keep a close watch on the censure debate scheduled from Feb 16-19.

Activists on Wednesday gathered at Pathumwan intersection for a second consecutive day to demand the…

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