Thai Police Charge Anti-junta Protesters With Sedition

Fifteen anti-junta activists were charged with sedition Thursday, a crime carrying seven years in jail, their lawyer said, for staging a protest this week to mark the fourth anniversary of the last coup by Thailand's generals.

Bangkok, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2018 ) :Fifteen anti-junta activists were charged with sedition Thursday, a crime carrying seven years in jail, their lawyer said, for staging a protest this week to mark the fourth anniversary of the last coup by Thailand's generals.

The protest on Tuesday was small by the standards of Thailand's rambunctious street politics, but still dominated the headlines in a country wearying of junta rule. A few hundred people tried unsuccessfully to march on the seat of government in Bangkok to call for promised elections, a poll which the junta keeps pushing back.

The suspects included protest leaders Rangsiman Rome, Ekachai Hongkangwan and Sirawith Seritiwat .