BANGKOK, Nov 18 – The anti-government Red Shirt movement, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Thursday pledged that its demonstration in the Thai capital on Friday to mark the six-month anniversary of the forced ending of the group’s protest at Ratchaprasong intersection will be peaceful and said it will hold continuing activities for three more days.

Somyot Preuksakasemsuk, head of the Red Shirt faction called the “May 24 Group,” said the gathering will begin at 5pm at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok’s prime commercial area.

He said that this time the Red Shirt activists will wear black outfits and gather at first at the Bangkok Remand Prison, demanding that political prisoners be released.

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