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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 8am on [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Rumored Arrest of Red Shirt Leader
Bangkok Police were issued a warrant on Saturday to take into custody a leading red shirt organizer on charges of inciting violence.
Unconfirmed accounts said Arisman Pongruangrong was detained Saturday afternoon and under arrest at an unnamed police station.
Mr Arisman is alleged to have said earlier this week that every shirt [...]

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 [...]

Chiang Mai Woman Walks for Peace in Thailand
A 63-year-old Thai lady on Tuesday afternoon began walking from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, to call on all groups to renounce the use of violent ways to end social conflicts.
Fahngam Kham-asoke initiated her long-distance hike for peace from Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep locality.
She has stated that she will [...]

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 [...]

Red Shirts Ramp Up for Raucous But Respectful Rally
Bangkok will experience a mass anti-government rally next weekend that will stretch from Sanam Luang to the Equestrian Statue of King Rama V, and the rally headquarters will be at Phanfa Leelad bridge on Ratchadamnoen Klang road, organizers of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy (UDD) announced [...]