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Red Shirts Face Arrest and Confiscation of Vehicles Fleets of many varieties of vehicles will take the red shirts to 10 different spots in Bangkok on Friday which has been set by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship for another large mobile anti-government gathering, UDD leader Nathawut Saikua announced on Thursday. He declined to [...]

Abhisit Announces State of Emergency Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday evening announced a state of emergency under the executive decree for administration in crisis situations in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, and some districts of Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya. The state of emergency took effect directly after it was announced. Mr Abhisit [...]

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 [...]

Ratchaprasong Red Shirts get Raucous Thai Red-shirt activists pushed against the lines of police and soldiers positioned to prevent them leaving Ratchaprasong junction to stage protests on banned roads throughout Bangkok on Tuesday morning. Demonstrators pushed and shoved and pelted police with eggs and plastic water bottles. The short clash occurred around 11am near the [...]

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 [...]

Government Seeks Removal of Red Shirt Demonstrators from Shopping District The Thai government is seeking a court injunction to force the red shirt protesters to depart from Bangkok’s central commercial and trade district. The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship persisted last night in claiming it would not move from Ratchaprasong, the capital’s major shopping [...]

Hun Sen Arrives in Hua Hin Thai Prime minister Abhisit’s nemesis, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Hua Hin on Sunday morning to partake in the first Mekong River Commission summit. The affair is being held at the Hyatt Regency hotel, from April 2 through the 5th. Seven squads of police and soldiers have [...]

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 [...]