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TOPSHOT - Pro-democracy protesters wear ponchos and use umbrellas to shelter from the rain at Wongwian Yai in Bangkok on October 17, 2020, as they continue to defy an emergency decree banning gatherings. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

Thai protesters return after clashes
TOPSHOT - Pro-democracy protesters give the three-finger salute as they gather in Bangkok on October 15, 2020, after Thailand issued an emergency decree following an anti-government rally the previous day. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

Hundreds defy Thai crackdown
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Thai protest rivals in show of force on Bangkok streets
This photo taken on October 4, 2020 shows students looking at displays about the Thammasat University massacre at an exhibition commemorating the event at the university in Bangkok. - The October 6, 1976 Thammasat massacre stands out for its brutality by security forces and royalist militias against the pro-democracy students, who had been demonstrating for weeks over the return of an ousted ex-dictator from exile. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Thailand-politics-history-unrest, FOCUS by Dene-Hern CHEN

Specter of university massacre looms over Thai student protests
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Thai protesters plaque removed after calls for royal reform
Anti-government protesters take part in a pro-democracy rally in Bangkok on September 20, 2020. - Thousands of protesters marched in Bangkok on September 20 after staging the kingdom's largest rally in years -- the latest show of defiance in a pro-democracy movement which has demanded reforms to the unassailable monarchy. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

Thailand protesters challenge monarchy as protests escalate
Pro-democracy protesters shout slogans during an anti-government rally in Bangkok on September 19, 2020. - A youth-led pro-democracy movement made a stand in Bangkok on September 19, with protesters calling for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha to step down and demanding reforms to the monarchy. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

Thousands rally in Thai capital against government
This photo taken on September 5, 2020 shows activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk (C), who was jailed on lese majeste charges, speaking with fellow anti-government protesters during a student rally in Bangkok. - Jailed seven years for publishing satire of a fictitious royal family, activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is in awe today as university students spearhead a growing movement demanding reforms to Thailand's ultra-powerful monarchy. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / To go with 'THAILAND-POLITICS-ROYALS,FOCUS' by Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith

Locked up, back up: Thai dissidents who refuse to give in
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'Illegal thoughts': How some exiled critics of Thai king are fuelling revolt
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