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This file photo taken on February 24, 2023 shows Thai political activist Tantawan ‘Tawan’ Tuatulanon being transported on a stretcher to continue a hunger strike outside Thailand’s Supreme Court after being released from Thammasat Hospital in Bangkok. - AFPPIX: Two young Thai protesters facing royal defamation charges announced Saturday they were ending their marathon hunger strike following doctors’ fears they could suffer organ failure.
Wednesday marked the 50th day of the young women’s protest. They were freed from custody last month as their health declined. “The medical staff are concerned our kidneys and other organs are affected by the long period without food and water.”“Although we have passed the danger zone, we still need to be taken care of by Thammasat Hospital,“ Tawan said, adding the pair called on authorities to release other political activists from custody.Those convicted face up to 15 years in jail on each charge under a law human rights groups say is used to crush political dissent.
Bangkok was rocked by those mass, youth-led protests, which made unprecedented demands for reform of Thailand’s monarchy.Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who came to power in a 2014 coup, has pleaded with the women’s families to monitor their behaviour.
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