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BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Thai authorities arrested a student leader and legal advisor today over anti-government protests, a legal group said, as young protesters said they wanted to expand their movement and escalate their anti-government activities. Protesters, led by student groups, are returning to...

Panupong Jadnok, a pro-democracy student, one of the leaders of Thailand’s recent anti-government protests, is escorted after being arrested, at the police station in Bangkok, August 7, 2020. — Reuters pic

Police arrested Anon Nampa, 35, a human rights lawyer, and student leader Panupong Jadnok, who have both featured prominently in student-led rallies around the country since July 18, a lawyer from the group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights told Reuters. It also said Anon breached the communicable disease control act over the protest, referring to coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings.

 

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