The Thai Journalists Association president Thursday issued an urgent statement, urging the media to urgently pull out their reporters from the Thai-Japanese Stadium for their own safety. TJA chief Pradit Ruangdit reasoned that clashes between police and protesters were still going on and it was getting dark so it would not be safe for the […]
Suthep meets 4 media organisations, admits difficulty controlling protesters after reporters intimidated; will discuss improved measures. News source: MCOT
“Stunned” and “perplexed” were among the most commonly used words on social media yesterday after protesters announced “victory” in their clashes with police. The sudden slowdown in protest activity followed a day of violent clashes on Monday and the abrupt end left many confused. Read more: The Nation
Three media organisations on Sunday condemned threats and the use of influence and intimidation against news groups by anti-government protesters. Read more: Bangkok Post
A German reporter was allegedly attacked by rally guards while covering anti-government protests in Dusit district. Nick Nostitz, a freelance journalist who has lived and worked in Thailand since 1993, filed a complaint about the incident. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, May 29 – Bangkok’s Criminal Court ruled today that Italian photographer Fabio Polenghi was killed in the May 19, 2010 political upheaval in the capital by a bullet fired from the direction of government authorities. According to the court, the state authorities occupied an area from Sala Daeng to Rajdamri intersections and the high […]
Salisa Phruttitum, a novelist and former reporter at The Nation, was found dead in her condominium in Bangkok’s Thonglor area yesterday. Born in 1972, Salisa spent her childhood in the US. She studied at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and graduated with a degree in economics from Northwestern University. She returned to Thailand in […]
An unknown man opened fire at four news cars yesterday parked outside ASTV media group’s headquarters in Bangkok, police said. ASTV, which is supported by the People’s Alliance for Democracy, recently saw two rallies by soldiers, angered by its criticism of Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. Gen Prayuth later ordered his men to stop protesting. […]
