<p>They instead held their own ceremony.<picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/11/01/S__75587637.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/11/01/S__75587637.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Why some pro-democracy Thammasat graduates refused to attend commencement ceremony" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" style="width: 1200px; height: 800px;" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy" />
        </picture>They placed cutouts of distinguished people, such as two academics -- Somsak Jeamteerasakul and Pavin Chachavalpongpun -- who have contributed information to the pro-democracy movement in Thailand.</p>

<p>They made 112 replicas of degrees, the number signifying Thailand's lese-majeste law (Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code).<picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/11/01/S__75587639.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/11/01/S__75587639.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Why some pro-democracy Thammasat graduates refused to attend commencement ceremony" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" style="width: 1200px; height: 800px;" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy" />
        </picture>The group had planned a bigger event at Thammasat University's Tha Phra Chan campus in Bangkok but decided to drop it on Sunday afternoon.</p>


Why some pro-democracy Thammasat graduates refused to attend commencement ceremony

Some pro-democracy students from Thammasat University refused to participate in the graduation ceremony in which the King handed out the certificates on Saturday.