In Thailand, every morning when the national anthem plays out in schools students is expected to stand still in deference as the country’s flag is raised. However, last week some sent a defiant message raising their hands in a three-fingered salute, to represent Thailand’s growing pro-democracy movement. For more than a month, there have been almost daily student led-rallies spreading across the country. For example, a demonstration in Bangkok last weekend was attended by more than 10,000 people. The youth are challenging traditional hierarchies. Children as young as 13 and 14 were organising flash mobs. The protests are not organised but are calling for the Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, to dissolve parliament, for an end to the harassment of activists and for reforms to the constitution which was written under military rule and has entrenched the army’s power. A group of Thai lawyers for Human Rights say they have documented 103 cases where students have been harassed or prevented from expressing their political views, these include: making the three-fingered salute, wearing white ribbons, or holding pieces of blank paper.