THE United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration announced at around noon today (Oct. 17) that all its followers should get ready to protest all train stations at 3 p.m., TV Channel 7 reported. The group’s latest statement also mentioned that if trains stop running before the appointed hour, participants are to adhere to the concept
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Protesters call off rally after tear gas, water cannons fired
AFTER being hit with tear gas sprayed together with water and several rounds of dye-mixed water cannons the protesters at Pathumwan intersection called off their rally after first trying to withdraw to adjacent Chulalongkorn University campus, Sanook.com reported this evening (October 16, 2020). The timeline of the heavy-handed police action is as follows: – At
Read moreProtest starts after being moved to Pathumwan intersection
ANOTHER demonstration got underway at 5 p.m. today (Oct. 16) but the location was moved from Ratchaprasong to Pathumwan intersection, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The protesters stood around beneath the skywalk at this intersection and gave the three-finger salute while calling on people on the skywalk to come down and join them. Meanwhile police moved
Read morePM refuses to quit as another protest looms
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Oct. 16) flatly refused to step down as demanded by People’s Party protesters who after breaking up their rally at Ratchaprasong intersection last night called for another one at the same place at 5 p.m. today, Sanook.com reported. Speaking after a special Cabinet meeting with ministers standing alongside him Gen.
Read morePolice strongly warn protesters to not gather at Ratchaprasong
AFTER the declaration of serious emergency in Bangkok by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha before dawn today (Oct. 15) police issued a stern warning to protesters to not assemble at Ratchaprasong intersection this afternoon, Thai Rath and Sanook.com reported. Pol. Col. Krisana Pattanacharoen, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, and Pol. Lt. Gen. Piya Thawichai,
Read moreProtesters block off Govt House, staying there tonight
THE People’s Party demonstrators reached Government House at 6.10 p.m. and settled there for the night after taking over the stretch of Phitsanulok Road in front it while periodically shouting “Out Big Tu” (Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s nickname is Tu and he often referred to as Big Tu or Uncle Tu), Thai Rath Newspaper reported
Read moreProtest kicks off with police vehicle being forced to leave
AFTER moving up their demonstration at Democracy Monument from 2 p.m. to 8 a.m. this morning (Oct. 14), the protest leaders expanded the assembly area to cover one traffic lane of Ratchadamnoen Klang Road and then forced a police vehicle that had driven in to warn them that they are breaking the law to leave,
Read moreRed shirts ‘will be joining October 14 rally’
A FORMER Pheu Thai MP and one of the leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship said today (Oct. 9) that the majority of red-shirt supporters will be joining a demonstration called by students on October 14 despite the government saying otherwise, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Mr. Worachai Hema, a former Pheu Thai
Read morePenguin calls on Thais to paralyze the country on October 14
IN OFFICIALLY ending the demonstration entitled “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power” at 9.09 a..m. this morning (Oct. 20) one of the leaders, Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, called on the people and students to stop working and studying on October 14, which is the anniversary of the mass uprising against military dictatorship in 1973, and
Read moreAnalysis: PM feared to manipulate sort of self-coup to prolong own regime
By Out-crowd BESIEGED BY sporadic mass protests in all regions of the country and a sustained economic downturn due in large part to the global pandemic and in no small part to his alleged failures to fix it, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears to have three way-outs – dissolve parliament or resign or manipulate sort
Read moreThai workers warned not to torch camp in Uzbekistan
THE Royal Thai Embassy in Moscow yesterday (July 27) sternly warned Thai workers in Uzbekistan not to set fire to their camp as a pressure tactic to be quickly flown home, Sanook.com reported this morning. In a note posted at its Facebook page the embassy said it was aware that some Thai people and workers
Read more‘Hidden language’: Hongkongers get creative against security law
By The Guardian HONGKONGERS are finding creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing blanketed the city in a new security law and police began arresting people displaying now forbidden political slogans, The Guardian reported today (June 4, 2020) Faced with the sudden threat of prosecution for anything that might promote greater autonomy or independence for
Read moreHK police arrest suspect at airport as UK offers path to citizenship
By China Daily Hong Kong, CNBC and CNN Hong Kong – Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the city’s airport in the early hours of today (July 2) on suspicion of attacking and wounding an officer during anti-government protests on Wednesday. Police posted pictures on Twitter on Wednesday of an officer with a
Read moreCan you see me as I am, an Indian Chinese?
By Liu Chuen Chen, Indian Express I WAS grabbing my mask to rush to the nearby grocery store when the cellphone rang. It was my mother. I thought she would be (once again) fussing over my ‘outing’ amid the pandemic but she spoke in an extremely serious tone: “I hope you know what is happening
Read moreHK police fire pepper ball rounds, arrest 300 people
Channel NewsAsia Hong Kong (CNA): Hong Kong riot police fired pepper pellets to disperse protesters in the heart of the global financial centre today (May 27) and arrested 300 people as new national security laws proposed by Beijing revived anti-government demonstrations. Police also surrounded the Legislative Council where a bill was due to be debated
Read moreLight beams used to protest against emergency extension
Thai Newsroom Reporters LIGHT BEAMS were shot in the night sky in a northern province of Thailand last night by a young man with intent to demonstrate his quiet protest against the one-month extension to emergency rule. Anusit Klangmoo, owner of a light-and-sound displaying firm based in his home district of Phu Sang of the
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