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Red Shirts Temporarily Enter Thai Parliament Building Thai “Red shirt” demonstrators briefly took over the grounds of Thailand’s legislature on Wednesday as they stepped up demands on the government to call an election. Hundreds of marchers, who have already forced the capital’s main shopping area to close since Saturday, shoved through a thin line of [...]

Red Shirt Marchers Enter Forbidden Zones Thousands of Thai red-shirt marchers moved into no-go zones proclaimed by the government on Tuesday afternoon, reversing an earlier pronouncement to stay away from the areas to avoid possible clashes with security forces A red fleet made up of motorcycles and trucks moved into Silom and Sathon roads in [...]

Red Shirts Plan to Enter Forbidden Zones Thai Red-shirts will on Tuesday move to 11 areas where they are forbidden from entering, group leader Nattawut Saikua announced on Monday evening. He made the announcement after the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) announced on Sunday that the demonstrators are proscribed from entering [...]

Abhisit Politely Requests Red shirts to Leave Bangkok Commercial District Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva asked the red-shirt demonstrators to abide by the constitution, leave Ratchaprasong crossroads and return to their main protest site at Phan Fa Bridge. “Staging a mass demonstration in the middle of the road violates the rights of others and is [...]

Red Shirt Rally Riles Retailers Many thousands of Thai red-shirt protesters blocked a major crossroads in the capital’s business area on Saturday, stopping traffic and closing shopping malls, as they persisted in their crusade to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to immediately disband the House of Representatives. Leaders of the United Front for Democracy against [...]

Democrat Party Warns of Red Shirt Violence Thai Democrat Party deputy spokesman Warong Dejkijvikrom said on Wednesday afternoon that there is a strong likelihood of violent behavior during the red-shirt mass gathering against the Democrat-led administration on Saturday, Mr Warong said he based his forecast on a report that key members of the pro-Thaksin United [...]

Red Shirts Getting Rowdier, Invade Government Buildings Red-shirt demonstrators forced their way into the building where the Election Commission has its offices in the government compound on Chaeng Wattana Road on Monday afternoon after their demand to convene with EC secretary-general Apichart Sukkhakanont was not met by their 2pm time limit. They later left the [...]

Government Offers Debt Relief to Appease Farmers The Thai government is initiating a debt suspension scheme for farmers worth 80 billion baht which is seen as a plan to mollify grass roots organizers as political divisions persist in worsening. The plan was made public as tension mounted after a second round of give and take [...]

Dramatic Tactics from UDD United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) foundation organizer Natthawut Saikua has proclaimed that he will take one thousand liters of blood contributed by activists and spill it around Government House on Tuesday, in reprisal for the government’s choice not to disband the House. The drawing of blood will commence about [...]