March to mark the 40th anniversary
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Hundreds of people on Sunday joined the ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the October 14, 1973 uprising.
The ceremony at the Victory Monument started with the alms-giving to 40 Buddhist monks, in memory of victims of the uprising.
The gatherers then marched to Thammasat University, where a seminar is hosted all day. Along the way, some pushed for the release of political prisoners including Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a Thai activist and magazine editor who in 2013 was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment for lese majeste.
