After 44 days of hunger strikes, two Thai activists in their early twenties were rushed to a hospital near Bangkok over the weekend amid fears they may not survive the night. The pair are calling for the release of political prisoners and urgent reforms of the Thai justice system, which has some of the world’s strictest lèse majesté laws forbidding criticism of the monarchy.
Days later, Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon and Orawan “Bam” Phuphong remain alive. “I talked to them: they are a little bit better. Still very tired,” said their lawyer, Kunthika Nutcharut, on Tuesday.
