Thai pro-democracy protesters stage rare rally

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Over 200 pro-democracy activists staged a rare protest in Bangkok to mark the anniversary of the 2006 coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. They carried anti-junta banners and shouted pro-democracy slogans on Saturday evening, September 19.

The coup caused a political crisis and power struggles in Thailand.

Saturday’s protest also seemed intended to embarrass now Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ahead of a speech at the UN in New York.

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