Anti-government protesters leaders Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul, Panupong "Mike" Jadnok, Jatupat "Pai" Boonpattararaksa and other leaders speak to the media as they arrive to report themselves over royal insult charges, at the Attorney General's office in Bangkok, Thailand March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai prosecutor on Monday indicted 18 activists for their roles in anti-government rallies last year by a protest movement that has brought unprecedented challenges to the royal palace and military-dominated establishment.
The youth-led movement sprang up last year calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader, and reform of the powerful Thai monarchy, breaking a longstanding taboo under the country's lese majeste law.
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