The Thai Criminal Court has scheduled 2 P.M. tomorrow to deliver its verdict on the request for bail for the 7 detained red-shirt leaders. Today the court heard testimonies from 6 witnesses. Court Considering Bail for 7 Red-shirt Leaders The Criminal Court is considering bail for the 7 detained red-shirt leaders since 9 A.M. The […]
Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan told an estimated 20,000 red-shirt demonstrators Saturday the group would hold an even bigger rally on March 12 if hundreds of detained red shirts, including seven of its leaders, were not granted bail next week. March 12 marks the beginning of last year’s red-shirt rally, which ended in violent riots with […]
BANGKOK, 20 February 2011 (NNT)-Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denied an allegation by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) that he was a British national. The Prime Minister has expressed his confidence that by law he has had Thai citizenship ever since he was born even though the place of birth was in England. […]
Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan said the highlight of today’s demonstration would be a revelation about Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s alleged British nationality. Jatuporn said this would set the stage for the upcoming censure debate in Parliament. Police meanwhile will deploy more than 1,000 officers in three locations to be visited by red shirts, including Ratchaprasong […]
BANGKOK, 17 February 2011 (NNT) – The anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), the red shirt, has confirmed that its rally on Saturday 19 February 2011 is going on as planned, but the group will make some adjustments in terms of the rally site and schedule. UDD Spokesperson Worawut Wichaidit has confirmed that […]
An army officer who commanded soldiers during the “krachab puenti” (seizing back the area) operation against red-shirt protesters on April 10, 2010, says he regrets the loss of lives but his men were overwhelmed by numbers and attacked by unknown assailants using guns and explosives. Col Thammanoon Withee, head of the 1st Army Command’s Operations […]
THAILAND’S ANTI-GOVERNMENT Red Shirts are planning a major rally tomorrow at Bangkok’s criminal court to demand the release of their detained leaders, highlighting how tensions continue to dog political life in the country. Prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said there will be elections in the first half of this year if there is no fresh […]
No less than 3,000 red-shirts in Chiang Mai will go to join the mass gathering of red-shirts in Bangkok tomorrow, Krissana Prombuengram, core leader of Rak Chiang Mai 51 group, said on Saturday. “Chiang Mai red-shirts will join the mass rallies in front of the Criminal Court and the Democracy Monument by the United front […]
