Anger in Thailand: Woman of the "Thai-Kini" experiences protest - now activists face life imprisonment - "We were afraid"

The “Thai-Kini” is criticized in its own country.

Wife Suthida now experienced protest at close range.

Two men are now facing life imprisonment.

The arrest sparked new anger.

Bangkok

- Thailand's

faces major problems in his homeland - also because of his well-known preference of the “Thai-Kini” for stays in Bavaria, which is not very popular with his subjects.

The monarch is currently in Thailand.

He and his relatives get to feel the anger of the population up close: A royal convoy got caught in a protest last Wednesday (October 14th) - demonstrators booed and raised three fingers in the air, one of the

gesture of resistance.

The comparatively harmless incident could result in

a

for

: a life sentence is apparently possible.

They are accused of "an act of violence against the queen or her freedom," as reported by the

website

.

The development caused further outrage among the mostly young

: The controversial government of the island nation imposed the exceptional state.

"Thai-Kini" and wife experience protests at home - life imprisonment for participation in the demo?

Two men are affected - they deny any guilt.

The 21-year-old

said according to the report, he had kept a speaker and spoke to the crowd as the

with

and the Prince reached his location.

"When I realized that the royal column had arrived, I tried to make room so that it could pass."

The 45-year-old

emphasized that he had not known about the arrival of the monarch.

"We were scared," he allegedly explained, "it seemed as if they wanted to harm us, so we pushed the police away."

The two men were arrested, according to media reports, the younger was released

on bail

, according to

.

Hongkangwan could not raise the requested amount and was still behind bars, it said on Tuesday.

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Both opponents and supporters of the Thai monarchy took to the streets in the past few days.

© Sakchai Lalit / Tuwaedaniya Meringing / dpa / AFP

The director of the FDP-affiliated

, Frederic Spohr, described the

in a blog post as remarkably moderate: Precisely because conservative forces tried to discredit the activists as troublemakers, the democracy movement called for a

.

This line is largely followed.

“In order to avoid direct confrontation with the police, they end their protests after a relatively short time.

And they even clean up the garbage. "

Protests in Thailand: UN human rights officials report at least 80 arrests

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha

has meanwhile withdrawn the state of emergency that was imposed a week ago.

The regulation banned gatherings of more than four people.

According to a government statement, the measure should end on Thursday at 12 noon local time.

The

wrote in a statement on Thursday that at least 80 people had been arrested since October 13 and that 27 were still in custody.

Some of them for attending “illegal gatherings”, others for posting on social media.

Lawlor confirmed that two activists face life imprisonment.

Joint statement with @cvoule & @Irenekhan.

The Thai government must guarantee the right to peaceful assembly for human rights defenders and others demonstrating in #Thailand.

See: https://t.co/yfeNU5ZvtV pic.twitter.com/cbSQup0oDV

- Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs (@MaryLawlorhrds) October 22, 2020

Despite the ban on gatherings, thousands of

to the streets

every day

Bangkok to demand Prayut's resignation.

The pro-democracy protest movement calls for the government to resign and for an open

in Thailand.

The dispute over the monarch had recently reached Germany.

Thailand: Rama X. in criticism - but also supporters of the monarchy demonstrate by the thousands

However,

of King Rama X's

to the streets.

Thousands of people took part in counter-demonstrations on Wednesday.

Dressed entirely in yellow, the traditional color of the royal family, they wanted to demonstrate their loyalty to the institution with rallies in various provinces, as reported by the

newspaper

.

Last week there were commemorations across the country for

, who died four years ago

. Unlike his son, the popular monarch was still worshiped almost like god. Nevertheless, the monarchy still has many supporters today. (

)