The Criminal Court has refused police requests to jail four pro-election activists charged with sedition, instead freeing them on bail. (File photo via coj.co.th)The Criminal Court turned down a request by police Thursday to detain four pro-election activists including Sukrit Piansuwan, Sirawith Seritiwat and Anon Nampha for staging a rally near Democracy Monument in Bangkok on Feb 10. Earlier, the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court turned down a request by police to detain five suspects including Mr Sukrit for a rally near Pathumwan intersection on Jan 27, citing similar reasons. It said it found multiple cases last year where human rights defenders, environmental activists, students and villagers had their freedom of expression stifled. "Human rights violations continue unabated.

Source: Bangkok Post February 22, 2018 21:56 UTC