Jatupat "Pai" Boonpattararaksa, 29, and Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, 60, flash three fingers salute after being released from Bangkok Remand Prison, Bangkok, Thailand April 23, 2021. - Reuters
BANGKOK, April 25 (AP): A leading human rights group has welcomed the release on bail of two Thai activists charged with insulting the country's monarchy, but repeated its contention that the apparent use of pretrial detention to punish anyone who criticizes the royal institution is unjust.
Jatupat "Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa and Somyot Pruksakasemsuk were released Friday evening from Bangkok Remand Center. They had been held on lese majeste charges of defaming the monarchy in connection with their involvement in a political rally last September. They have also been charged with sedition and several minor offenses.
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