Is Thailand on the brink of another coup?

Thailand’s student activists this year have been bolder than the country has seen in years.

Pro-democracy demonstrators march to the German Embassy in central Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, October 26, 2020, as politicians debated in a special session in parliament called to address political tensions [Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP]

Activists in Thailand have been pushing for a change of government for months now, but a coup is not what they originally had in mind. It is, however, what many people in the capital, Bangkok, are preparing for.

Rumours are circulating at a time when protesters are bolder and more organised than they have been in years. Could democratic stability be on the horizon for a country that has experienced 12 coups and 20 constitutions in the past century?

In this episode:

Scott Heidler, Al Jazeera journalist covering Asia Pacific

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Priyanka Tilve produced this episode with Negin Owliaei, Dina Kesbeh, Alexandra Locke, Amy Walters, Ney Alvarez, Abigail Ony Nwaohuocha, and Malika Bilal.

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Source: Al Jazeera

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