On the fourth anniversary of the coup today to oust the Thaksin government, we examine the price the country has paid in financial terms and democratic aspirations since the day the tanks rolled out. Four years on, the legacy of the coup to oust former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra lingers in a country where political […]
Thailand’s former prime minister will not press his demand to return to office, he indicated on Sunday as mass protests swept the country. On the fourth anniversary of the coup that ousted his democratically elected government, Thaksin Shinawatra pledged not to meddle in the country. Its politics have been paralysed by the division between pro-Thaksin […]
The Interior Ministry is mobilising a pro-monarchy rally to counter the mass gatherings called by the red shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship today. The UDD will hold mass rallies nationwide to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup today. At least 50,000 members of the Monarchy Defence Network from seven […]
BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The gathering of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters on Sunday remains peaceful while security officers have prepared stringent measures to tackle possible unrest instigation, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Speaking after his weekly TV program “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” at the […]
BANGKOK, Sept 18 — Nearly 2,000 police will be deployed around Ratchaprasong where anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) activists will conduct activities to mark the fourth month since government forces forcefully regained the area from the protesters. Eighty-nine persons were killed, and at least 1,900 were wounded during several confrontations […]
BANGKOK, 18 September 2010 (NNT) – The anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has released a caravan of 50 red vehicles from Bangkok this morning heading north to join other groups of protestors in Chiang Mai. An assemblage of the red-shirt UDD supporters has taken off on a journey from Bangkok this morning […]
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) — British nationals are advised against traveling near large gatherings in Bangkok through Sunday as Red Shirt demonstrations could turn violent, London warned. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said so-called Red Shirt protesters are preparing demonstrations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai to mark the anniversary of a 2006 coup. The […]
Trouble expected for protest anniversary Security is being stepped up at prisons where red shirt members are expected to turn up to demand the release of their leaders being held there. Chartchai Sutthiklom, director-general of the Corrections Department, said he has ordered security to be tightened at prisons, especially where red shirt leaders are held […]
