Thailand: 8 more protesters arrested as demonstrations expand countrywide
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Oct 17, 2020
- Event Description
The 17 October protests: 8 people were arrested. 6 were charged in Bangkok and taken for questioning at the Border Patrol Police Region 1 headquarters in Pathum Thani. 1 was charged over his participation in a 22 August protest in Ubon Ratchathani, and another was charged and questioned at Pattaya Police Station for violating the Computer Crimes Act.
- Impact of Event
- 8
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Student
- Youth
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 13.752511053475546
Longitude: 100.48290135852872
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 17 October 2020, a total of 8 including pro-democracy activists and youth were arrested for participating the protest in Bangkok, while two others were arrested on similar charges in Ubon Ratchathani and Pattaya, Thailand.
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