BANGKOK,– Relentless gunfire, lynched bodies, frenzied mobs — the horrific violence Krisadang Nutcharut witnessed at Thammasat University more than 40 years ago propelled him into a legal career now spent defending Thailand’s young pro-democracy activists. Like many survivors, he regards October 6, 1976, as one of the darkest days in his country’s history, when security forces and royalist militias murdered dozens of youngsters in the middle of Bangkok. “It wasn’t an equal battle — it was a massacre. The students didn’t fight back, we didn’t have guns,” Krisadang tells AFP. … Continue reading Spectre of university massacre looms over Thai student protests