About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/d6ecf644c6762f2832edf10c910b6eef86bd340de2b183c5d19d159c     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
schema:articleBody
  • Thai police on Friday detained two activists in the first arrests against an increasingly bold movement of young protesters calling for democracy and challenging a controversial law that protects the monarchy. In recent weeks near daily rallies have been held at universities and town halls across the country to denounce the military-aligned government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha. Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Numpa, 35, has been one of the most prominent at the creative protests that even included a Harry Potter-themed rally on Tuesday. On Friday police read out the charges before detaining Anon outside his home in Bangkok, a move captured on a video that quickly circulated online. "Inciting unrest among the public...and creating chaos in the kingdom," said one of the officers surrounding Anon. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights confirmed the arrest of Anon and fellow activist Panupong Jadnok. The group detailed eight charges in total brought against the pair for a rally held at Bangkok's Democracy Monument on July 18, including sedition and taking part in a gathering that increased the risk of spreading infection. Protesters have been voicing their rising discontent at Prayut, whose hold on power they regard as a legacy of a royalist junta regime. Some have even dared wade into sensitive territory by calling for reforms of Thailand's controversial lese majeste law, one of the world's harshest. It shields the monarchy and its super-rich King Maha Vajiralongkorn from criticism and carries a sentence of up to 15 years per charge -- making open scrutiny of the monarch virtually impossible. No charges have so far been filed under the draconian law against the protesters. News of the arrests quickly spread on social media and dozens of supporters gathered Friday evening outside Bang Khen police station, where Anon was being held. The coronavirus pandemic has sent Thailand's economy into freefall, laying bare the inequalities of a society perceived to favour the elite, pro-military establishment. burs-rs/mtp
schema:headline
  • Two Thai protest leaders arrested as discontent rises
schema:mentions
schema:author
schema:datePublished
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 5 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software