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Thai military court orders release of student activists

Xinhua, July 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bangkok's military court on Tuesday ordered that the 14 student activists, who have been detained for violating junta orders, be released.

The court turned down a police request for the students to be detained for 12 more days, citing they were not a flight risk. They are to be freed later in the day, but could still face trial.

The 14 university students were arrested on June 26 after staging a street rally in Bangkok to protest against the military rule, in defiance of the ban of the coup-making National Council for Peace and Order on political gatherings of more than five people.

They have also been charged with sedition charges under Article 116 of the Criminal Code.

A number of people showed up outside the court earlier in the morning to give support to the student activists, with police also deployed to maintain order. Endi