Hong Kong – On Thursday, a Hong Kong court convicted three renowned pro-democracy activists of unlawful assembly in connection with a June 4 vigil last year to commemorate Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protestors in and around Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong has long staged the world’s biggest annual June 4 vigils, as part of the broad freedoms granted when it reverted …

Tensions are expected to increase at an anti-government rally in Bangkok  after police detained a number of protest leaders, including Jatupat “Pai Daodin” Boonpatararaksa. Police also vowed to stop them from marching to Government House in another move likely to frustrate the demonstrators, after a group of royalists tried to foil them by mobilizing supporters along the path of a …

In mid-October, democracy activist Arnon Nampha called for a major and lengthy street rally to bring pressure on the government to amend the constitution. Mr. Arnon, an attorney, made the call in a speech at a rally attended on Sunday night by members of several pro-democracy organizations at a public park near the city gate, off Mitraparp Highway, in Nakhon …

Security officials have expected the anti-government student protest scheduled for Saturday won’t turn violent and won’t see a strong turnout. The source said there was little to fear about the proposed rally on the Tha Prachan campus of Thammasat University, with no more than 20,000 people planning to attend the rally, as with the previous Democracy Monument demonstration last August …

The Criminal Court has approved bail applications for nine people, including lawyer Anon Nampa and two rappers, who were arrested in the July 18 and Aug 3 rallies during the past 20 hours for their roles. They were the guarantors of three Move Forward Party MPs, two Pheu Thai Party MPs and four academics. Five more people, including two rappers, …

Pro-democracy activists called on educational institutions to allow on-campus protests as pressure increases on them to prohibit “risky” political activities.In Fact, Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the opposition Move Forward Party, posted that safe spaces were dwindling for students to express their views and that young people “should be permitted to carry out activities there.” His remark came after the University …

A right-wing party called Archeewa Chuai Map will hold a rally Thursday in what is seen as a attempt to support the government in the wake of student activists’ protests. The party denounced the Free Youth community and the Student Union of Thailand in a statement released on Tuesday, calling on the government to dissolve parliament, avoid using draconian laws …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to deliver the state of the nation address (SONA) today amid health crisis amid COVID-19 cases and econimic slowdown griping the the entire country. HAPPENING NOW: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his 5th State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa Complex. | https://t.co/1kzGrOh5YK#WeRiseAsOne#DuterteSONA2020 pic.twitter.com/zjChyb3gu4— Presidential Comm (@pcoogov) July 27, 2020 …

MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued an advisory urging local governments not to issue rally permits during the President Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday. The advisory issued by DILG was in accordance with health protocols issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. …

The uncontrollable students, activists and ordinary Thais held a rally in Chiang Mai demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his administration. A smaller rally of the same demands was organized in Ubon Ratchathani, with the Free Youth community participating in the two nonviolent gatherings. Tha Phae Gate, one of northern city’s icons, was engulfed by demonstrators offering …