Tag: Red Shirts

Bangkok

April 10, 2010November 3, 2012

Red Shirt protesters, military personnel clash at 1st Army Region headquarters, tear gas used

BANGKOK, April 10 (TNA) – Anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters clashed with military personnel Saturday after the protesters marched to First Army Region headquarters, near the Royal Plaza, to enquire about warrants for the arrest of 24 UDD leaders after hearing that the army and police were preparing to […]

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Bangkok

April 9, 2010April 11, 2010

Thaicom Station: Red shirts storm into station, seizing police trucks

Red shirts protesters broke soldiers’ barricades and entered ThaiCom uplink station’s compound and were trying to enter the staton’s buildings in Lat Lum Kaew, Pathum Thani province at about 2.40pm. The protesters managed to raid the site although the soldiers threw smoke bombs to stop them. The protesters threw objects at soldiers and the buildings, […]

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North

April 8, 2010

Red shirts rallying in 17 provinces

The red shirts are rallying in 17 provinces in the North and the Northeast to support their fellow protesters in Bangkok, Interior Minister Chaovarat Chanweerakul said on Thursday. “Although protests are sprounting up, there are no reports of any danger,” he said, reaffirming the authorities can control the situation. Provincial governors are under instruction to […]

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Bangkok

April 7, 2010September 14, 2010

State of emergency declared

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded the enforcement of Internal Security Act (ISA) had failed to deter the protests by the red shirts. Abhisit then deemed it necessary to invoke the emergency decree over Bangkok. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has been appointed to supervise the emergency rule. “We want to facilitate other actions to restore […]

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Bangkok

April 7, 2010September 14, 2010

Anti-government protesters storm Thai parliament

Thailand’s government security agency said a Black Hawk helicopter landed at Parliament and evacuated politicians trapped by anti-government protesters who had stormed the compound and surrounded the building. A statement from the agency, known as CAPO, said the helicopter carrying “five soldiers armed with M16s landed on the Parliament’s helipad and picked up ministers and […]

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Bangkok

April 6, 2010October 25, 2012

Thai Security Forces Step Up Efforts to Curb Anti-Government

Hundreds of Thai police and soldiers were deployed Tuesday to prevent anti-government demonstrators from spreading in Bangkok. As anti-government protesters continued calling for the government to resign, there were brief clashes between protesters and security personnel. Police temporarily halted a convoy of protesters headed to 11 locations where the government has banned demonstrations. But a […]

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Bangkok

April 5, 2010

Red-shirts shut down Bangkok’s main shopping district

Thousands of anti-government protestors in Thailand are continuing to occupy a key commercial district in Bangkok in defiance of a government order. The demonstration is the latest in a series of rallies by the protestors, known as the red-shirts. They are calling for the government to step down and hold fresh elections. The government is […]

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News

March 28, 2010December 6, 2023

Live on TV: Thai PM vs. anti-government protesters

BANGKOK — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and leaders of anti-government protests failed to reach an agreement Sunday in nationally televised talks on how to solve the country’s political crisis and said they would try again the next day. The talks marked a civilized pause after weeks of demonstrations and fiery rhetoric that prompted Abhisit […]

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