Thai PM revokes emergency measures after week of protests


A ban on gatherings of more than four people failed to discourage tens of thousands of demonstrators who have amassed daily around major Bangkok intersections to call for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down. – EPA pic, October 22, 2020.

THAILAND’S premier revoked an emergency decree aimed at quelling pro-democracy protests today after it failed to stamp out daily rallies demanding his resignation and reforms of the unassailable monarchy.

The student-led pro-democracy movement has been gaining momentum since mid-July, with mostly young demonstrators calling for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s removal and a rewrite of a 2017 military-scripted constitution. 


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