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‘Black Friday’ rally calls on Thai govt to quit

Protesters marching against the government in Bangkok today. Thailand’s pro-democracy movements have often ended in bloody army crackdowns. – AFP pic, March 13, 2020.

HUNDREDS of pro-democracy protesters marched on Parliament in Bangkok today, wearing black T-shirts to mourn the state under an army-aligned government, in the first street rally in years. Discontent with the government of former army chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha is seething, with a progressive opposition party disbanded and the country’s economy faltering as the Covid-19 crisis batters the key tourism industry.

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