Thai Student Protest

Buddhist monks opened an emotionally charged commemoration Thursday on the 40th anniversary of a massacre of student protesters in Bangkok, as survivors reflected on a battle for democracy that appears lost in junta-run Thailand.

Dozens of Thai students were detained by soldiers today after they attempted to stage a protest at a public park at the centre of a corruption scandal that has shaken the kingdom's military junta.

14 Thai students detained for an anti-coup protest were released from jail today but still face sedition charges, a lawyer said, in a case that has heightened concerns over civil liberties in the junta-ruled kingdom.

A Thai military court today released 14 students held for almost two weeks for holding anti-coup protests in defiance of a ban on public gatherings, but the charges against them have not been dropped.

The European Union has hit out at Thailand's junta for pursuing sedition charges against a group of anti-coup student activists, describing their arrest and prosecution in a military court as a 'disturbing development'.

Police in Thailand today arrested 14 students who had been protesting against the ruling junta, in defiance of a ban on public gatherings.

A Thai student was today charged over a peaceful anti-coup protest in Bangkok last month, her lawyer said, as dozens of activists gathered in support of other demonstrators summoned by police.

Three Thai university students were taken into police custody today for handing out free tickets to the latest film in the Hunger Games series, from which Thai protesters have borrowed a gesture of resistance to a totalitarian government.

Dozens of students rallied at a mosque in southern Thailand on Saturday to demand justice for the deaths of 85 protesters a decade ago, a tragedy rights groups say is fuelling a violent insurgency.

Buddhist monks opened an emotionally charged commemoration Thursday on the 40th anniversary of a massacre of student protesters in Bangkok, as survivors reflected on a battle for democracy that appears lost in junta-run Thailand.

Dozens of Thai students were detained by soldiers today after they attempted to stage a protest at a public park at the centre of a corruption scandal that has shaken the kingdom's military junta.

14 Thai students detained for an anti-coup protest were released from jail today but still face sedition charges, a lawyer said, in a case that has heightened concerns over civil liberties in the junta-ruled kingdom.

A Thai military court today released 14 students held for almost two weeks for holding anti-coup protests in defiance of a ban on public gatherings, but the charges against them have not been dropped.

The European Union has hit out at Thailand's junta for pursuing sedition charges against a group of anti-coup student activists, describing their arrest and prosecution in a military court as a 'disturbing development'.

Police in Thailand today arrested 14 students who had been protesting against the ruling junta, in defiance of a ban on public gatherings.

A Thai student was today charged over a peaceful anti-coup protest in Bangkok last month, her lawyer said, as dozens of activists gathered in support of other demonstrators summoned by police.

Three Thai university students were taken into police custody today for handing out free tickets to the latest film in the Hunger Games series, from which Thai protesters have borrowed a gesture of resistance to a totalitarian government.

Dozens of students rallied at a mosque in southern Thailand on Saturday to demand justice for the deaths of 85 protesters a decade ago, a tragedy rights groups say is fuelling a violent insurgency.