Four former yellow-shirt leaders acquitted of sedition charges

Yellow Shirt (PAD) protesters during the seizure of Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi Airports in 2008.
Yellow Shirt (PAD) protesters during the seizure of Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi Airports in 2008. Photo: Wikipedia.

The Supreme Court today acquitted four leaders of the now-defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), known as the Yellow Shirts, of sedition charges in connection [Read More…]

Court postpones ruling on PAD core members regarding airport seizures in 2008

Yellow Shirt (PAD) protesters at Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008
Yellow Shirt protesters closed Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008. Photo: Wikipedia.

A Criminal Court has postponed its ruling on former key members of the now-defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who are accused of laying siege [Read More…]

TV anchor, 3 ex-‘Yellow Shirt’ leaders face one year in prison over 2008 protests

PAD Anti-Thaksin protesters walk on Bangkok street wearing yellow t-shirts
PAD Royalist protesters walk on Bangkok street wearing yellow t-shirts. Photo: Underexpose. GNU FDL.

Thai TV news anchor Anchalee Paireerak and three former leaders of the now defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), better known as the “Yellow Shirt”, [Read More…]

Another storm brewing in Thailand as royalists riled by protesters’ ‘insolent’ letters to the King

Royal Thai Mail post box
Royal Thai Mail post box. Photo: Mattes.

In their boldest move so far, young anti-establishment protesters symbolically mailed letters to HM the King on Sunday night, calling for reform of the revered [Read More…]