Red Shirts Flex Muscle, Call for End to Dictatorship, Demand Elections
Thai Red-shirt activists will congregate outside a military garrison on Monday to demand the government’s reply on their demands that the government disband the House by noon or face mass protests in the capital.
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) co-leader Natthawut Saikua said on [...]
Mar
15
Red Shirts Flex Muscle, Call for End to Dictatorship, Demand Elections
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Constitution, Coup, Crime, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Latest News in Thailand, Military, News, Northern Thailand, Police, Politics, Thailand, Thaksin, UDD | ≅ Comments Off
Mar
14
Red Shirts Rally
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Constitution, Corruption, Coup, Democratic Party, Democrats, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Government, Human Rights, Latest News in Thailand, Military, News, Northern Thailand, Politics, Red Shirts, Thailand, Thaksin, UDD, protests | ≅ Comments Off
Red Shirts Rally
The red shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday issued an official declaration from the main stage at Phan Fa bridge insisting that the government disband the House of Representatives within 24 hours or expect giant street demonstrations.
The statement, read by UDD leader Veera Musikhapong, said that from the time when [...]
Mar
13
Red Shirts on the March to Bangkok
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Constitution, Corruption, Coup, Crime, Elections, Latest News in Thailand, News, Northern Thailand, Politics, Red Shirts, Thailand, Thaksin, UDD, protests | ≅ Comments Off
Red Shirts on the March to Bangkok
Thai Red-shirt followers of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) from all over the nation are departing their places of origin to come together in the Bangkok and unite with the giant anti-government gathering on Sunday.
Many Thousands of motor vehicles carrying UDD followers from the Northeast and [...]
Mar
13
Red Shirt Rally Rolls Into Town
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Corruption, Coup, Crime, Elections, Human Rights, Latest News in Thailand, News, Politics, Red Shirts, Thaksin, UDD, protests | ≅ Comments Off
Approximately two thousand red-shirts demonstrated in Nonthaburi on Friday, as the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) commenced its ultimate face-off in opposition to what it terms a despotic-proxy government.
They divided about noon into three convoys leaving in diverse directions within the region such as first route from city hall to Pakkred, Muangthong, The [...]
Mar
11
Thaksin Sends SMS and Twitters to Followers
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Constitution, Corruption, Coup, Crime, Economy, Elections, Latest News in Thailand, News, Red Shirts, Telecom, Thailand, Thaksin, UDD, protests | ≅ Comments Off
Thaksin Sends SMS and Twitters to Followers
Thailand’s convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent out an SMS message to his followers asking them to join in the mass anti-government protest rally this weekend by the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in Bangkok.
The UDD plans a giant public meeting in Bangkok this weekend, [...]
Mar
10
Flying Cow Paddy Assault on Abhisit’s Home
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Crime, Freedom of Speech, Government, Latest News in Thailand, News, Politics, Thailand | ≅ Comments Off
Flying Cow Paddy Assault on Abhisit’s Home
A Thai man from Nakhon Phanom who flung a shopping bag containing cow manure over the railing of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s residence in Sukhumvit Soi 34 on Tuesday at sunup was sentenced by the Criminal Court to 10 days in confinement.
Khamphong Samart, 56, was captured shortly after the [...]
Mar
9
Abhisit Abandons Australian Adventure
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Corruption, Coup, Elections, Latest News in Thailand, Military, News, Police, Politics, Thailand, Thaksin, UDD | ≅ Comments Off
Abhisit Abandons Australian Adventure
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called off his official visit to Australia, intended for March 13 to 17, as organizers of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) persist in their claim that as a many as a million backers will join their anti-government gathering this coming weekend.
His choice was [...]
Mar
8
Mekong River Suffers
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, China, Latest News in Thailand, Northern Thailand, Politics, Thailand | ≅ Comments Off
Mekong River Suffers
The Thai government is closely keeping an eye on the declining water levels in the Mekong River with China and is prepared to talk about this predicament with the Chinese government, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday.
China has built dams along the Mekong River which could be depriving the downstream stretches of [...]
Mar
7
Monks to Join Red Shirt Rally
≡ Category: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Assets Examination Committee, Bangkok, Buddhism, Cambodia, Constitution, Corruption, Coup, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Latest News in Thailand, News, Politics, Red Shirts, Thailand, UDD, protests | ≅ Comments Off
Monks to Join Red Shirt Rally
Thailand’s opposition Red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong has asserted that about 20,000 Buddhist monks will join the rally organized by the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship next week.
The monks will supply a morale enhancement to the red shirts, he said, and will pray and chant so the protesters can defeat the evil [...]