Thai protesters rally defying warnings
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the Thai capital yesterday evening to demand that authorities release some protest leaders from jail, defying an order on late Friday banning public gatherings in the city. A youth-led protest movement sprang up last year calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader, and reform of the powerful monarchy. Thai courts have denied recent requests for bail for some of the jailed protest leaders. A few protesters burned photographs of the king at the rally. Separate groups also led two other protests at other locations in Bangkok. Earlier yesterday, police warned protesters that they risked being arrested and that police might use harsher measures if protesters became unruly.
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