{"id":471167,"date":"2022-03-25T20:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=471167"},"modified":"2022-03-25T20:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:08:23","slug":"thai-democracy-leader-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=471167","title":{"rendered":"Thai democracy leader released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rights lawyer Anon Numpa leaves prison in Bangkok<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

A prominent Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy protest leader has been freed after more than 200 days in custody, with a Bangkok court granting bail Monday.<\/p>\n

Youth-led rallies in 2020 demanding Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s resignation and reforms to Thailand’s monarchy drew tens of thousands of people at their peak.<\/p>\n

But the movement lost steam last year as authorities detained several leaders and coronavirus infections surged.<\/p>\n

Nearly 160 activists including 13 juveniles have been hit with criminal charges under Thailand’s harsh royal defamation laws, which carry a jail sentence of up to 15 years per charge.<\/p>\n

Rights lawyer Anon Numpa, \ud0dc\uad6d\uc5ec\ud589 37, who is facing 14 lese majeste charges, was freed on Monday night after a Bangkok court granted bail.<\/p>\n

A crowd of well-wishers were on hand \ud0dc\uad6d\uc5ec\ud589<\/a> to greet him as he walked out of Bangkok Remand Prison wearing a white shirt, \ud0dc\uad6d\uc5ec\ud589 black slacks and his trademark spectacles.<\/p>\n

“As long as the country is not democratic, prisons will be home for activists,” he told reporters outside the jail.<\/p>\n

He said he would respect the court’s bail conditions but did not rule out delivering speeches at future rallies.<\/p>\n

Supporters chanted his name and carried signs that said: “Release our friends”.<\/p>\n

While posing for photos with democracy activists, he flashed a three-fingered salute from the “Hunger Games” movies that has been adopted as a gesture of defiance by the Thai protest movement.<\/p>\n

Last week fellow protest leader and university student Parit Chiwarak, better known by his nickname “Penguin” — who is facing 23 lese majeste charges — was also freed on bail.<\/p>\n

He had been in detention for almost 200 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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