BANGKOK: The European Union hit out at Thailand’s junta for pursuing sedition charges against a group of anti-coup student activists, describing their arrest and prosecution in a military court as a “disturbing development”.
The 14 detained students are part of a small network of pro-democracy campaigners who have dared publicly to challenge Thailand’s military rulers after they seized power from an elected government last year and severely curbed civil liberties.
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