Pro-democracy protesters use umbrellas to shield from the rain as they gather at the police headquarters in Bangkok on Tuesday (Oct 13, 2020) to object to the arrest of protesters at an earlier impromptu demonstration at Democracy Monument. - AFP
BANGKOK, Oct 13 (AFP): Police arrested 21 protesters Tuesday during a Bangkok rally that saw dozens of people give a royal motorcade a three-fingered salute -- a show of defiance by Thai pro-democracy activists calling for reforms to the monarchy.
Since July, Thailand has seen frequent youth-led demonstrations demanding the resignation of Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha, a former army chief.
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