Fighting for their rights: Protesters prostrating mockingly in front of a giant Red Bull logo at the Criminal Court in Bangkok, to demonstrate what they say are double standards in the Thai justice system, as they call for the release of activists Anon and Panupong after they were arrested on various charges. — AFP
Thai authorities are using the police force to suppress peaceful demonstrators in “what appears to be a new crackdown on freedom of expression”, said Amnesty International.
Responding to the arrest of two prominent activists on Friday and further arrest warrants against other protesters ahead of planned anti-government protests over the weekend, Piyanut Kotsan, Amnesty International Thailand’s director, said: “This is yet another entirely disproportionate response from the Thai police to peaceful activism, clearly intended to intimidate and dissuade protesters from taking to the streets this weekend.
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