Jatupat Boonpattararaksa

Jatupat Boonpattararaksa
จตุภัทร์ บุญภัทรรักษา
Jatupat in 2021
Born (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991
Other namesPai Dao Din
Alma materKhon Kaen University (LLB)
OccupationActivist
Years active2013–present

Jatupat Boonpattararaksa (Thai: จตุภัทร์ บุญภัทรรักษา), commonly known as Pai Dao Din (ไผ่ ดาวดิน; a combination of his nickname Pai and the student activist group Dao Din) is a human rights defender and activist from Thailand, who was arrested on 3 December 2016 on charges of Lèse-majesté in Thailand, the first such case under King Vajiralongkorn, following which he faced a secret trial and was then imprisoned. He has been charged and imprisoned multiple times, including for sedition, and most recently, on 9 March 2021, was charged and imprisoned for lese majesty a second time. Jatupat is presently affiliated with the Free People movement.