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Bangkok Post
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Hunger strikers back in hospital

A doctor checks on Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon, as emergency services personnel prepare to transfer her to Thammasat University Hospital from the protest site outside the Supreme Court late Friday afternoon. (Photo: Ratsadon News Facebook)

Two activists who have been on a hunger strike for 44 days to press for the release of political prisoners were rushed back to hospital in critical condition on Friday evening after spending a week protesting outside the Supreme Court.

Doctors said Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon and Orawan “Bam” Phuphong were at high risk of kidney failure and might not survive the night without medical intervention, according to their lawyer, Krisadang Nutcharus.

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