Chalard Worachat

Chalard Worachat (Thai: ฉลาด วรฉัตร born c. 1933) is a Thai activist. His 1992 hunger strike helped bring down the military government.^[1] His 1994 hunger strike forced the government of Chuan Leekpai to establish a committee to amend the constitution of Thailand. Following the 2006 Thailand coup d'état, he was arrested by military troops for protesting.^[2]

In the wake of the 2014 Thai coup d'état, the now 71-year-old onetime parliamentarian is back on water and honey.^[3]

References

1. Kamm, Henry (May 12, 1992). "Thais Plan a Way to End Army Rule". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
2. "Coup as it unfolds". The Nation. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
3. Denis D. Gray; Thanyarat Doksone (June 28, 2014). "Clash of Values Mires Thailand in Cycle of Coups". abc NEWS. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved June 30, 2014. BANGKOK — Over the past decades, Chalad Worachat has resisted military regimes and dictatorial legislation by staging hunger strikes, five of them. Now the 71-year-old onetime parliamentarian is back on water and honey, despondent that after so many years and so much bloodshed, Thailand has been unable to break out of a cycle of military coups to achieve true democracy.