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Four protest leaders were today held on remand in prisons in Chiang Mai and Pathum Thani provinces, after courts rejected their bail applications, at the request of the police, citing their previous records of involvement in protests and claims that their release would allow them to incite public unrest. Human rights lawyer Anont Nampa and
After a stand-off with police lasting almost three hours, the anti-government protesters broke through police blockade and are now occupying areas around the Government House. Police apparently made no attempts to stop the protesters as they forced their way through a series of barriers before finally reaching the gates of the Government House. Protest leaders
Hundreds of protesters have begun a march from the Democracy Monument on Rajdamnoen Avenue toward the Government House. They were stopped briefly at Panfah Lilas intersection where police set up a blockade. After a round of negotiations, the police allowed the marchers to pass through toward the Government House which is about one kilometer away.
Just one day before a major anti-government rally, police on Tuesday afternoon arrested 21 political activists during a swoop on a small demonstration at the Democracy Monument. There was a chaotic scene as policemen dragged one of the activists, Chatuphat Boonpattharaksa, from the top of a pick-up truck and bundled him into a waiting police
Nine protesters, including a protest leader, were arrested by police this afternoon (Tuesday), following a minor clash when protesters refused to move from the road onto the pavement, as ordered by the police. Among those taken into custody was Chatuphat Boonpattharaksa, alias Pai Daodin, and Ammie, a former Rapper of the Bottom Blues Band, who
Protesters, mostly from upcountry, have been arriving at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, since early this morning, to join the protest organized by the Khana Ratsadon demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-op-cha, the rewriting of the Constitution and sweeping reform of the Monarchy. Parit “Penguin” Chivarak, one of the protest leaders, announced last
Exactly 47 years after the October 14, 1973 revolution that ousted a military-backed government, history is threatening to repeat itself at a mass student-led rally on Wednesday. However, while the rallies in 1973 and 2020 may share the same date, location and objectives, the outcome of the latter is still far from certain. Known as
As followers of Wednesday’s planned anti-government Khana Ratsadon rally, at the Democracy Monument on the Bangkok’s Ratchadamnoen Avenue, many Government supporters are expected to show up along the same avenue to welcome His Majesty the King, as his Royal motorcade passes through the area on the way to perform a function at the Grand Palace.
The Student Organization of Thammasat University has called on the university’s administration to suspend classes, from October 14th to 16th, to allow students to join the protest at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument, being organized by the so-called Khana Ratsadon. In a statement, issued today (Monday), the student organization claimed that, since its founding, Thammasat University has
The anti-establishment Khana Ratsadon group and royalists are mobilizing support for, what could be, a confrontation on Ratchadamnoen Avenue tomorrow, as police are being deployed to protect Government House. Khana Ratsadon supporters launched a campaign in Bangkok’s neighboring province of Nonthaburi today (Tuesday) to mobilize support, particularly among the new generation, trying to persuade them
Thailand’s Khana Kao Na, or Progressive Movement, unveiled their list of candidates today (Friday) for Provincial Administration Organization (PAO) mayoral elections in 32 provinces, as it gears up for local elections in late December. Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said that the candidates will campaign on the theme of “Change Thailand by starting at
Most red-shirt followers are unlikely to join the October 14th protest, being organized by the so-called Khana Rasadorn at the Democracy Monument, according to Vice Minister Suporn Atthawong today. A former red-shirt leader, Mr. Suporn claimed that he had been told, by several former leaders and incumbent core members of the red-shirt movement, that most
