Thousands of protesters defy warnings in latest Thai protests targeting government and monarchy

Thousands of young protesters took to the streets of the Thai capital Bangkok on August 16, 2020, in the latest of a series of anti-government protests that have been ongoing for the past month. The Sunday demonstration was considered one of the largest since Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha came to power in a 2014 coup. The student-led movement is calling for a new constitution, the dissolution of parliament, an end to judicial harassment of dissenters and reform of the monarchy. Small groups…