AP News Jun 09, 2014
BANGKOK (AP) — Activists protesting last month’s military takeover in Thailand face a possible two-year jail term if they get too strident, so they’ve found a new way to show their sentiments: handing out “sandwiches for democracy.”
A small group of student activists from Bangkok’s Thammasat
University were hoping to hold a picnic rally Sunday, but found the park
next to their campus sealed off. So instead they paraded down a nearby
street, handing out sandwiches and cakes to anyone who wanted them. One
older man accompanying them shouted to onlookers, “Sandwiches for
democracy!”
Other activists have held silent public readings of symbolic works such as “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” George Orwell’s indictment on totalitarianism. But the intimidation level is high, with authorities rolling out thousands of troops and police whenever they anticipate a protest.
Other activists have held silent public readings of symbolic works such as “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” George Orwell’s indictment on totalitarianism. But the intimidation level is high, with authorities rolling out thousands of troops and police whenever they anticipate a protest.
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