<p>Prachatai spoke to a number of participants in the demonstration, including a group of student observers from Chulalongkorn University, a family with a young child, a man campaigning for a more open beer production law, Spokedark TV&rsquo;s Winyu Wongsurawat, and art critic Thanom Chapakdee, about their goals in joining the protest at the Democracy Monument on 16 August.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa was arrested again last night (19 August) because of his participation in the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8696">Harry Potter-themed protest</a> on 3 August.</p>

<p>Students at Chulalongkorn University staged an anti-government protest on Friday (14 August) despite resistance from the university and heavy rain which forced them to find a new location. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Last night&rsquo;s student protest is now dubbed the largest demonstration in Thailand since the 2014 military coup, after more than 20,000 people joined to press their three demands for the government.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Student activist Parit &ldquo;Penguin&rdquo; Chiwarak has been granted bail today (15 August) after being arrested the day before while travelling to a demonstration at the Nonthaburi Pier and accused of sedition and holding an illegal public assembly.</p>

<p>Pharit &#39;Penguin&#39; Chiwarak&nbsp;a student activist is under arrest as he is planning to give a speech at a demonstration at Tha Nam Non, Nonthaburi.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Students at Thammasat University&rsquo;s Rangsit campus kept watch through the night around the Jpark student hall, after Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul and Parit Chiwarak, leaders of the Student Union of Thailand (SUT), posted on their Facebook profile pages last night (12 August) that they were being stalked by plainclothes police officers and were concerned that they were about to be arrested.</p>

<p>Six people who participated in a demonstration at the Krue Se Mosque on 2 August have since been visited by police and military officers.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.hrw.org/thailand" target="_blank">Thai</a>&nbsp;authorities should immediately and unconditionally release prominent human rights lawyer Anon Nampha and democracy activist Panupong Jadnok, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/08/thailand-drop-charges-release-democracy-activists">Human Rights Watch</a> said on Saturday (8 August).</p>