BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thousands of protesters gathered in the Thai capital Bangkok on Wednesday (March 24) to demand reform of the monarchy and the release of jailed leaders, days after one of the most violent demonstrations since they began last year.

Thailand's youth protest movement emerged last year and has posed the biggest challenge to the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former army chief who seized power in 2014 from an elected government.