Anti-Government Rally in Thailand Draws Over 10,000 Protesters - Photos

BANGKOK (Sputnik) - More than 10,000 people took to the streets in Bangkok on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's government.

"We have registered 10,250 participants", a member of the Free Youth movement, a student-led organisation behind the protest, said.

The protesters, many of them students, have been calling on the government to stop the crackdown on its critics, rewrite the constitution and dissolve the lower house of parliament.

Anti-government protesters hold up signs during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on August 16, 2020. - Protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok on August 16 against the government as tensions rose in the kingdom after the arrest of three activists leading the pro-democracy movement.

© AFP 2023 / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA

Anti-government protesters hold up signs during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on August 16, 2020. - Protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok on August 16 against the government as tensions rose in the kingdom after the arrest of three activists leading the pro-democracy movement.

© AFP 2023 / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA

Organisers said they aimed to gather 50,000 signatures in support of a new constitution in the coming weeks. The demonstration is the largest since protests began in mid-July.