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BANGKOK (AFP) – Protesters in coup-hit Myanmar marked the birthday of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing yesterday by burning his portrait and staging mock funerals.

JERUSALEM - More than 200 protesters were injured in clashes with police in Jerusalems Old City late Friday as tensions flared over the planned evictions of several Palestinian families from a nearby Arab neighborhood, according to emergency agencies.

Krisadang Nutjaras, an attorney from the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights Centre, on Friday visited the Criminal Court along with professors from the faculties of political science, sociology and anthropology at Thammasat University and Mahidol University to post bail for three pro-democracy protesters of the Ratsadon group.

A group of anti-government protesters from Ratchaburi province showed up at Government House on Monday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and abolition of the lese majeste law.

Pro-democracy activist Piyarat “Toto” Chongthep, founder of the We Volunteer (Wevo) network of guards for protesters, and Wevo members visited Bang Kaew Police Station in Samut Prakarn province on Sunday evening to demand the release of Thosathep “Art” Duangnate, reportedly missing since January 15.

Protesters have scheduled a gathering at Thung Mahamek police station to support 13 leaders who were charged over a petition handed to the German Embassy.

Pro-democracy protesters who call themselves “Ratsadon” on Thursday evening slammed the arrest of members of We Volunteer (Wevo) network on Thursday.

Pro-democracy activist Piyarat “Toto” Chongthep, founder of the We Volunteer (Wevo) network of protest guards, was reportedly among a group arrested at Bangkok’s Sanam Luang at around noon on Thursday as they tried to sell over 5 tonnes of fresh prawn.

The Criminal Court on Friday read its verdict in a case filed by the Criminal Case Prosecutor Office against Krisada Chaikhai, aged 49 years, and Phassanai Phanas, 45, members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship, also known as red shirts, for violating the Arms Control Act BE 2530 during the mass protests in 2014.

The Criminal Court on Friday dismissed the charges filed against 39 anti-coup protesters who had held a rally at Pathumwan Skywalk in front of MBK Center in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district in January 2018, urging the then junta-backed government to hold general election.

A 16-year-old male teenager has reportedly become the latest to be accused of committing lese majeste offences.

Anti-establishment demonstrators on Sunday marched from BTS Wat Phra Sri Mahathat station to the 11th Infantry Regiment base, demanding the return of the military unit to the Defence Ministry.