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Marchers shrug off police warning, rally at Democracy Monument

Protesters occupy Democracy Monument in a rally calling for democracy on Sunday. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied at Democracy Monument on Sunday in defiance of a police warning that the gathering would breach the emergency decree.

Members of the People Go network converged at the political landmark on Ratchadamnoen Avenue to demand democracy and freedom for four protest leaders detained at Bangkok Remand Prison.

They are Arnon Nampa, Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak, Somyos Prueksakasemsuk and Patiwat “Mor Lam Bank” Saraiyaem, who were denied bail after being charged with lese-majeste under Section 112 of the Criminal  Code. 

“We are not fighting the police deployed in front of us. We are fighting against dictatorship,” Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, better known as Pai Dao Din,…

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