By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN POLITICAL activists today (Feb.14) demonstrated outside Police Hospital in desperate protest of an imminent release on parole of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra. The protesters, mostly being elderly persons led by the Students’ & People’s Network for Democratic Reform and the Centre for People in Protection
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Protesters shape up ‘Khor Khwai’ to curse at anti-consensus senators, parties
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS tonight (July 23) assembled to literally express a Thai swear word in the middle of a Bangkok street against those who may have denied the majority voters’ consensus manifested in the May 14 election. The demonstrators, many of whom stood under umbrellas in a drizzle near Asoke
Read moreAnti-Apec group submits letter to 8 embassies on quelling demonstration
REPRESENTATIVES of the People Stop Apec group submitted a letter to eight embassies today (Nov. 28) on the violence used by government officials in dispersing their protest march on Dinso road on Nov. 18 and urged their leaders to take a stance on this incident, Matichon newspaper said. The embassies are France, Malaysia, Canada,
Read morePM could face legal action over quelling anti-Apec protesters: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGAL ACTION MAY BE taken against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who was held accountable for yesterday’s use of force by policemen against anti-Apec demonstrators, according to a noted academic. Thammasat University law lecturer Prinya Thaewanarumitkul today (Nov.19) posted on his Facebook page to say legal action may be taken against
Read moreChadchart regrets Apec protesters got injured, trying to help detainees
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said during a live broadcast on Facebook while jogging this morning (Nov. 19) that he regrets protesters got injured in a clash with police while marching from the City Hall square (Larn Khon Mueang) to Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre(QSNCC) yesterday and that he is coordinating to help those detained,
Read moreMove Forward MP slams Prayut govt for using force against anti-Apec protesters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD PARTY spokesman Rangsiman Rome today (Nov.18) condemned the government headed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for evidently perpetrating a “shameful” act in the eyes of the world community by using force to quell anti-Apec demonstrators. The Move Forward MP-cum-spokesman posted on his Facebook page to condemn today’s event
Read moreAunt Pao, 7 others get suspended sentence in anti-Prayut protest case
THE Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road today (Aug. 2) sentenced Ms. Worawan Sae-ang, or Aunt Pao, 67, and seven other defendants in the case arising from the “August 11 Chase the Tyrant” protest to one year in jail and 20,000 baht fine each but this was suspended for three years with two-year probation imposed plus
Read moreP-Move protesters barge in as Prawit canvasses for by-election candidate
WHILE Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan was canvassing for his party’s candidate in the upcoming by-election in Laksi/Chatuchak constituency of Bangkok today (Jan. 24) the People’s Network for a Just Society (P-Move) protesters pushed their way through and handed over a letter to his representatives, Matichon newspaper said. With
Read moreTeen protester shot in front of Din Daeng police station dies in hospital
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD youth who was critically injured after being shot in front of Din Daeng police station and was in Rajavithi Hospital’s ICU for almost three months died this morning (Oct. 28), Matichon newspaper said. The youth, Warit Somnoi, was hit by a bullet in his upper spinal cord and then suffered from cerebral
Read moreMyanmar junta rearrests more than 100 released in amnesty: Monitoring group
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia MYANMAR’S junta has rearrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country. The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed in a
Read moreLawyers urge people to take legal action against crowd-control police
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED LAWYERS For Rights & Liberty today (Aug 21) called on the people who may have been injured, either inadvertently or intentionally, by crowd-control police on Bangkok streets to take legal action against them. Winyat Chatmontri, secretary general of the United Lawyers For Rights & Liberty, suggested those who may
Read moreProtesters submit letters to US, Swiss and Chinese embassies
A PROTEST convoy went to the US, Swiss and Chinese embassies today (August 20) to submit letters about political movements in Thailand, especially the management of the Covid crisis by the Thai government, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com said. The first stop of the Thalufah (Through the Sky) activist group was the Swiss embassy which
Read morePolice: Shots were fired but not by us
METROPOLITAN POLICE said three people were shot outside Din Daeng police station last evening (August 16) but not by policemen with two of them having been issued weapons and rubber bullets and the one photographed was Pol. Lt. Piyapong who had been issued six rubber bullets, Amarin TV and Police News said. Forensic police
Read moreMyanmar democracy movement moves out of jailed Aung San Suu Kyi’s shadow
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Imprisoned by the military, detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is isolated from the young protesters now forging their own struggle for democracy outside of her shadow. Sunday (Aug 1) marks six months since her National League for Democracy (NLD) government was ousted, setting off
Read more18 face lawsuit over Sept 19 rally, 3 hit with lese majeste charges
THE Attorney General’s Office said today (March 8) a class action lawsuit will be filed against 18 suspects over the September 19, 2020 demonstration with three of them facing an additional lawsuit under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, over charges of defaming His Majesty the King, Siam Rath
Read morePolice: Protesters’ parallel censure debate to continue today
POLICE are gearing up for continuation of a rally near the Parliament today (Feb. 20) after demonstrators staged a lengthy parallel no-confidence debate against the government last evening and suspect that they might stay there overnight, Sanook.com quoted INN News as saying. Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat, deputy national police chief, said police are prepared to
Read moreProtesters submit petition to UN Human Rights Office
THE June 24 Democracy Group ended their rally in front of the UN office around noon today (Dec. 10) after handing over their petition to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to pressure the Thai government to repeal Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, Thai
Read moreProtesters perform ceremony to put senators in the pot
THE Free Youth group held a mobile protest on a pickup truck fitted with amplifiers at various military and police headquarters today (Sept. 23) starting with the army headquarters where they performed a ceremony to put senators in a ritual pot as they called on military commanders to come back and be military officers and
Read moreProtesters who installed plaque face maximum 3 years in jail
CULTURE Minister Ittipol Khunpluem said at 1.30 p.m. today (Sept.22) the Fine Arts Department has been assigned to file a complaint for prosecution with the police against the Thammasat Alliance which over the weekend installed 2020 Khana Rasadorn plaque at Sanam Luang with maximum penalty under Ancient Monuments, Antiques. Objects of Art and National Museums
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