BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand blocked opposition websites and TV channels on Thursday and the prime minister scrapped an overseas visit a day after a state of emergency was declared to quell nearly a month of mass protests. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called off a one-day trip to Vietnam for a Southeast Asian leaders summit as […]
Thailand’s anti-government protesters said they will hold a candlelight vigil Wednesday to honour the revered monarch, who has been in hospital since September. The “Red Shirts” loyal to fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra have been demonstrating since March 14, pushing for snap elections to replace a government they criticise as elitist and undemocratic. “Tomorrow we […]
Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand have boarded motorcycles and trucks for a mass rally in Bangkok in the latest stage of their campaign. The “red-shirt” movement, many of them supporters of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, wants the government to step down and call new elections. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has admitted his country is […]
Tens of thousands of Thai opposition supporters have rallied in Bangkok to press the government to step down. They gave Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva until Monday to call fresh polls and vowed to demonstrate across the capital if he refuses to do so. The government insists it will not stand down and has tightened security. […]
BANGKOK–Tens of thousands of protesters flowed into Bangkok over the weekend, setting up what organizers say will be several days of protests to force Thailand’s army-backed government to call fresh elections and vividly demonstrating the continuing pull of Thailand’s ousted leader, former telecommunications billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra. Thrown out of power in a military coup in […]
Thousands of protesters from rural northern Thailand have begun arriving in Bangkok for a rally aimed at toppling the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajhiva. Trucks and other vehicles filled highways into the capital city Saturday as security forces searched them, ahead of a protest scheduled for Sunday to restore ousted Prime Minister Thaksin […]
Thai authorities have started deploying 50,000 troops on to the streets of Bangkok ahead of rallies by anti-government protesters that they fear could turn violent The demonstrations by the so-called “Red Shirts”, who support fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, begins on Friday – two weeks after the kingdom’s top court confiscated $1.4 billion of the […]
The main airport in Bangkok has been locked down by soldiers as the Thai capital prepares for anti-government demonstrations. From Thursday 11th until the 23rd of March, supporters of the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have warned they will protest throughout the country, and especially in Bangkok. Bangkok News
