Thousands in Bangkok Rally Against Thai Government
An anti-government demonstration at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok on July 18, 2020.
Photographer: Aidan Jones/AFP via Getty Images
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Bangkok (AP) -- Several thousand anti-government protesters rallied in Thailand's capital on Saturday to call for a new constitution, new elections and an end to repressive laws.
Chanting and waving placards, the demonstrators, comprising mainly younger Thais, converged on Bangkok's iconic Democracy Monument in the old part of the city, a popular venue for dissent.