Thailand: five high school students, including a minor, summoned after participating to an anti-Government protest
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Sep 9, 2020
- Event Description
A high school student has been summoned by the police for participating in an anti-government protest in Ratchaburi on 1 August and accused of violating the Emergency Decree and the Public Assembly Act.
The student activist group Free Youth posted a picture of the summons on their Facebook page yesterday (9 September), stating that a 17-year-old high school student who participated in the anti-government protest in Ratchaburi on 1 August has received a police summons alongside 4 other university students, and that this is the first time since the mass protest on 18 July that the authorities have issued a summons for a high school student.
The summons states that the students are accused of violating the Emergency Decree and the Public Assembly Act and of using a sound amplifier in public without permission.
Student activists Panuwat Songsawatchai and Theerachai Rawiwat said that they also received a police summons for participating in the same demonstration.
�For what reason does a peaceful protest without arms by young people calling for a better future, something that is guaranteed by the 2017 constitution which the NCPO dictatorship themselves wrote and which enables this, lead to young people being summoned at this time?� wrote Free Youth on their Facebook page.
�Stop making the country darker than it already is by silencing young people and stopping them from demanding a brighter future. If we still have a twisted structure like the 2017 constitution, if we still have a government which disrespects the people in this way, a bright future for this country will be something that is difficult to bring about.�
- Impact of Event
- 5
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- #COVID-19
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Student
- Youth
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 13.53969355532437
Longitude: 99.81738826919324
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 9 September 2020, five high school students were summoned by the police for taking part to an anti-Government protest on 1 September and violating regulations including the Emergency Decree in Ratchaburi, Thailand.