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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Thai pro-democracy activist jailed for speaking out at monarchy protest

Arnon Nampa talks to reporters outside court in Bangkok, Thailand
Arnon Nampa talks to reporters outside court in Bangkok before hearing the verdict in his trial on lese-majesty charges. Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

A prominent pro-democracy activist has been sentenced to four years in prison for a speech he delivered during protests calling for reform of Thailand’s powerful monarchy.

Arnon Nampa, a human rights lawyer, was at the forefront of a protest movement that erupted in 2020, when hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young students, took to the streets to call for democratic changes, including to the role of monarchy.

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