A GROUP of schoolchildren who call themselves “bad students” yelled across to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha when he showed up at Siam Paragon shopping centre this afternoon (Dec. 2) to preside over the opening of an athletics conference urging him step down, Matichon newspaper said. The “bad student” activists, led by Ms. Anna Annanon, waited
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Red shirts blast quelling of anti-Apec demonstration at rally
A GROUP OF red-shirt followers held an anti-dictatorship rally near the Democracy Monument this afternoon (Nov. 20) where the government was slammed for quelling an anti-Apec protest on Saturday that left several people injured and scores arrested, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said. Around 50 red-shirt demonstrators set up a stage in front of
Read moreApec summit marred by suspected North Korea ICBM test, protest
By Reuters and published by BusinessWorld.com ASIA-PACIFIC leaders gathered in Bangkok today (Nov. 18) for a summit to focus on economic woes but their schedule was disrupted by a suspected North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test while police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters. US Vice President Kamala Harris convened a meeting of leaders
Read moreProtesters hold ritual curse ceremony at City Hall square
THE “People Stop Apec 2022” demonstration at the the City Hall square (Larn Khon Mueang) turned lively this evening (Nov. 17) with a ceremony held to curse dictatorship and overthrow all forms it takes, Thai Rath newspaper said. This ceremony was part of the commemoration of the 48th anniversary of the Farmers Federation of
Read moreProtesters back off from marching to QSNCC to submit letter to foreign leaders
A BIG CROWD of demonstrators with some of them wearing dinosaur costumes gave up on an attempt to march to Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC) to submit a letter to foreign leaders attending the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit this afternoon (Nov. 17), Matichon newspaper said. The protesters, who had gathered at
Read moreProtesters stopped from marching to QSNCC
PROTESTERS from various activist groups were stopped from marching to Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC) from Asoke Montri intersection around noon today (Nov. 17), Matichon newspaper said. The demonstrators, some of whom were carrying protest placards, were from We Volunteer (WeVo), Democratic Restoration Group (DRG), Supporter Thailand (SPT), Workers Union, People’s Constitution Campaign
Read moreTuk-tuk procession goes across the city to protest against Apec, Prayut
THALU FAH activist group launched a tuk-tuk procession at 4 p.m. today (Nov. 15) to go across Bangkok in protest against the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit starting tomorrow and ending on Saturday Oct. 19 and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Matichon newspaper said. Around 20 tuk-tuks joined the procession that began at the Democracy
Read moreActivists glue themselves to Goya paintings in Spanish climate protest
By Reuters and published by The Indian Express Madrid – Climate activists glued themselves to the frames of two world-famous paintings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya in Madrid’s Prado museum on Saturday (Nov. 5), the latest in a string of protests targeting artworks across Europe. A man and a woman attached themselves to
Read moreBlaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protests
By AP and published by Taiwan News Baghdad – A huge fire blazed on Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week. Iran’s state-run IRNA reported that there were clashes between prisoners
Read moreFlash mob protest against Prayut on Skytrain
A FLASH MOB demonstration against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took place on the BTS Skytrain this afternoon (Oct. 9) with the protesters dressed in black and some wearing black sunglasses intermittently travelling through five stations, getting off at each one of them then catching the next train, and doing the same on their return
Read moreAnti-Prayut protesters mourn the country’s future
FOUR ACTIVIST groups joined together in holding a demonstration at the Victory Monument this afternoon (Oct. 1) to demand that the Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha quit with participants dressed in black to mourn the country’s future, Matichon newspaper said this evening. This protest was mounted after the Constitutional Court ruled that Gen. Prayut’s eight-year
Read moreIran: President Raisi calls for ‘decisive’ action against protesters
By Reuters, AFP and EFE, published by Dw.com Dubai – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that authorities must “deal decisively” with the protests that broke out across the country following the death of a young Kurdish woman in police detention. The country has seen some of its biggest protests in years. They
Read moreProtest against plan to rent out historic air base for growing sugarcane
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VILLAGERS IN NAKHU district of Kalasin today (Sept. 18) gathered in protest of the air force’s plan to turn a parcel of land in the premises of a Free Thai Movement air base into a sugarcane plantation. The local villagers of Nakhu and nearby districts of the northeastern province peacefully demonstrated
Read moreProtest against 3 retired generals at Ratchaprasong intersection
A GROUP of demonstrators gathered in front of Central World department store late this afternoon (Sept. 4) to push for halting the power of three retired army generals grouped under “Sam Por”, or the Three Ps, namely suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, caretaker Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuman and Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda whose nickname
Read moreProtesters might move to literally keep Prayut out of Government House
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF POLITICAL activists might probably steer a massive move to literally keep out Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from Government House since, they said, his eight-year rule is ending on upcoming Tuesday. The so-called Khana Lom Ruam Prachachon (Group For the Melting of the People Together) activists told hundreds
Read moreProtest against execution of 4 activists held in front of Myanmar embassy
MYANMAR citizens joined by Thais held a protest amid the rain in front of the Myanmar embassy on Sathorn road this afternoon (July 26) over the execution of four political activists by the junta yesterday, Matichon newspaper said. The protesters released a statement condemning the execution of democracy campaigner Kyaw Min Yu, better known
Read moreSri Lanka protesters vow will not let up until president, PM quit
By Reuters and published by CNA Colombo – Leaders of Sri Lanka’s protest movement said on Sunday (July 10) they would occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit office, the day after the two men agreed to resign leaving the country in political limbo. Thousands of protesters stormed President
Read moreSri Lanka Parliament speaker: President to resign Wednesday
By AP and published by Washington Post Colombo, Sri Lanka – The speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to resign as of Wednesday. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said in a televised statement on Saturday that he informed Rajapaksa of a decision taken at a meeting of Parliamentary party leaders requesting
Read moreBike-riding teen protesters fire firecrackers at police in Din Daeng hotspot
THE protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Din Daeng intersection that started this afternoon (June 19) had not ended by nightfall with motorcycle-riding teenagers replacing senior demonstrators there and provoking police teams by firing firecrackers at them despite the rain, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Jan. 19). The teenagers zoomed in on
Read moreProtesters blocked from marching to Prayut’s residence
IN THE second consecutive day of protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha a group of demonstrators this afternoon (June 19) marched from the Victory Monument to his residence at the First Infantry Regiment barracks but upon facing a large police force at Din Daeng intersection moved to a nearby market, Matichon newspaper said. Led
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