Workers set up razor wire to block pro-democracy protesters outside the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 15, 2020.- AP
BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai government declared a state of emergency banning gatherings of more than four people and outlawing online posts deemed a threat to national security on Thursday (Oct 15) in a move to end simmering pro-democracy protests.
The order was aimed at stamping out the "unconstitutional" protests and came after demonstrators demanding the prime minister's resignation rallied outside his office in Bangkok overnight and scuffled with royalists opposed to the youth-led movement's calls for reforms to the monarchy.
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