Thai activist Sitthichok Sethasavet, who advocates for judicial reform in the country, has been transferred to a hospital on Wednesday due to his weak health condition after 16 days of hunger strike, joining two other dissidents who are already hospitalized for the same reason.
Sethasavet has been transferred to Thammasat University Hospital, where he is receiving medical treatment after starting a hunger strike in a prison in Bangkok, the capital.
In the same hospital are the activists Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phupong, accused of having violated the lèse-majesté law and of having uttered insults against the Royal House of the country. Both had suffered nosebleeds and chest pains after starting a hunger strike, as reported by the medical team, according to the ‘Bangkok Post’.
The young women, aged 21 and 23, are extremely weak, according to their lawyers, who have conveyed the concerns of doctors, who fear a possible heart failure.
The three have demanded the right to be released on bail and the release of all political prisoners, as well as the abolition of sedition and lese majeste laws.
Thailand has one of the strictest laws in the world concerning the monarchy and violations of this legislation can carry penalties of between three and fifteen years in prison. In 2020, the country was plunged into a strong wave of protests demanding precisely a reform of these laws.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
