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There are anti-government protests scheduled to take place in Bangkok and in several other provinces today (Saturday). While the police have already set up barricades with razor wire and shipping containers in the Rattanakosin area of Bangkok, the police will reportedly visit protest leaders this morning. Protests are currently planned in the following locations: Bangkok: 1pm
Police fired rubber bullets at anti-government protesters at Din Daeng intersection in Bangkok, after they refused to disperse. Before resorting to the use of rubber bullets on protesters, who were trying to break through a wall of shipping containers and a police cordon, in order to march toward their target at the First Infantry Regiment
Shipping containers and razor wire are forming a protective wall around the inner areas of Rattanakosin Island in Bangkok, where Sanam Luang, the Grand Palace and the City’s Pillar Shrine are located, in preparation for protests by various anti-government groups today (Saturday). The protest groups, among them the Free Youth movement, the Democracy Restoration Group
The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) plans to deploy more than 5,000 officers at 14 locations at and near the Grand Palace, the Democracy Monument and Government House in Bangkok, where at least three anti-government groups plan to hold protests tomorrow to put pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign. Pol Maj-Gen Piya Tavichai, deputy
On Friday, Thailand’s Civil Court issued an injunction to suspend Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s ban on dissemination of fake and distorted news and fearmongering, with a threat of Internet censorship if violations are found, saying such an order is unlawful and restrictive in terms of rights and freedoms. “Considering that Section 9 of the Emergency
A group of royalists submitted a petition to Army Chief Gen. Narongpan Jittkaewtae today (Thursday), asking the military to step in to protect the monarchy from threats posed by anti-establishment elements. The move, by the “Centre of the People for the Protection of Monarchy” follows the planning of a protest, by the anti-establishment Free Youth
Thailand’s Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases granted conditional bail to 31 anti-government “Talu Fah” protesters this afternoon (Tuesday), after finding that the charges against them do not carry high penalties and in the belief that they will not attempt to escape after their release. The protesters, including Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, aka Pai Dao Din, were arrested
32 anti-government protesters, belonging to the “Talu Fah” group, were arrested yesterday, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol Maj-Gen Piya Tavichai confirmed today (Tuesday), while Amnesty International (AI) issued a statement saying that the arrests are meant to create “a climate of fear” and that police crackdown on Sunday was not proportionate. The
Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn said today (Monday) that he will invite media representatives for talks, to resolve misunderstandings about recent media gag orders issued by the government and possible cooperation between the two parties in tackling fake news. He explained that the measures, imposed under Section 9 of the Emergency Decree and deemed
Thailand’s anti-government “Talu Fah” group leader Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, aka “Pai Dao Din”, and other protesters were arrested this afternoon (Monday) in front of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), located in the compound of the police club on Vibhavadi Rangsit highway. Jatupat led the protest at the NSB this morning to demand the release of three
Former classmates, who studied at the Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University with, both twin daughters of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, have asked them to tell their father to step down, to take responsibility for his gross mismanagement of the COVID-19 situation, and pave the way for a more capable successor. The plea is
Various groups of anti-government protesters, in and on hundreds of cars and motorcycles, gathered at Bangkok’s the Democracy Monument, in the Ratchaprasong commercial district and on Vibhavadi Rangsit highway this morning (Sunday), in a huge demonstration to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The so-called “car mob” demonstration saw the gathering together of
