Benja Apan

Benja Apan (Thai: เบนจา อะปัญ; RTGS: Bencha Apan; born 1999) is a Thai student and activist. In 2021, Apan became a prominent leader of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD), a group that called for revolutionary reforms to the Thai monarchy. In the 2020–2021 Thai protests, she co-organized the 'German embassy in Bangkok' protest, which drew more than 10,000 protesters, and later UFTD's 'Car Mob' protest. She was arrested by Thong Lor police for lèse majesté following her 'Reforms to the Monarchy' speech in front of Sino-Thai tower, and imprisoned for 100 days in the Central Women's Correctional Institution.