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Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that it is detaining a Vietnamese-American citizen for “disturbing public order” for participating in a peaceful protest that turned violent in Ho Chi Minh City on June 9. William (Will) Anh Nguyen, a 32-year-old graduate student from Houston, Texas, who is visiting Vietnam, tweeted
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About 500 rubber planters will join members of a network of anti-hazardous substances organizations to rally in front of the Government House on Tuesday to protest against the continued use of three hazardous agro-chemicals, namely paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate. Mr Sunthorn Rakwong, president of the association of rubber planters of 16
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Earlier this evening, the pro-democracy group “We Want Voting” gathered at the Tha Phrachan campus of Thammasat University in a move to pressure the military government to resign and finally hold an election they have pushed back four times since the 2014 coup. The group has promised an “unarmed, peaceful
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National Security Council (NSC) chief Wanlop Rugsanaoh has warned pro-election campaigners against resorting to violence after they vowed to march on Government House on May 22. The demonstrators, known as "People who want an election", hope to pressure the government into holding a general election by November this year. Full story: Bangkok
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AS PRO-DEMOCRACY activists prepare to march today to call for an election this year, junta leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday warned that street demonstrations would make an election even less likely. “Tell them there must be peace in society if they want an election,” Prayut said “Whether the election will happen
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The military has prepared a handbook on crowd control to be distributed to officials on the ground to brace for a rally planned to be staged by the pro-election activists on May 5 and May 19-22 to mark the 4th year anniversary of the coup in 2014. Besides the handbook on
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Defying the junta’s order against political gathering, the pro-election activists staged a protest march from Thammasat University to the army headquarter on Ratchadamnoen Road to demand, among others, the army to stop supporting the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). Led by Rangsiman Rome, Sirawith Serithiwat, Aekkachai Hongkangwan and Ms
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanked the Songkhla-Pattani network against coal-fired power plant for their decision to end the protest in front of the United Nations Building on Ratchadamnoen road. Gen Prayut assured that the Energy Ministry, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and security agencies would consider their demands as
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