Thai protest leaders released on bail


Two prominent Thai pro-democracy protest leaders were granted bail weeks after contracting the coronavirus in the kingdom’s overcrowded prison system.

Activist Panupong “Mike” Jadnok and human rights lawyer Anon Numpa are both facing multiple charges under royal defamation laws.

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