A student addresses pro-democracy protesters during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on September 19, 2015.
Bangkok (AFP) - Around 200 pro-democracy protesters rallied peacefully in Bangkok on Saturday in defiance of the ruling junta's ban on political gatherings in one of the biggest public demonstrations since last year's coup.
The rally organised by the student-led New Democracy Movement (NDM) marked the anniversary of the 2006 military putsch that ousted then-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who sits at the heart of Thailand's bitter political divide, as well as protesting against the current regime.
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