Red shirts gather downtown Bangkok to mark crackdown in 2010
MEMBERS of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), aka the red shirts, gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection at 4.30 p.m. today (May 19) to mark the violent suppression of their protests by the military on this same day in 2010 in which at least 80 civilians and six soldiers were killed and over […]
Read MoreChilli sauce shop sells out after evicting red-shirt TV host
THE Thai spicy chilli sauce shop at the centre of a drama with political undertones that erupted yesterday (Sept. 21) after the owner evicted a red-shirt TV programme host despite an appointment for a shoot a month in advance is now raking it in having sold out most of her products overnight, TV Channel 7 […]
Read MoreCourt rejects arrest warrant for anti-Prayut protest leaders
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ARREST WARRANT sought by police against leading political activists in protest of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was today (Sept. 8) denied by court. The Bangkok South District Court turned down the request by Thong Lor police station for the arrest warrant for Red Shirt leader Nattawut Saikua and political activist […]
Read MoreAnti-Prayut demonstrators march to Govt House
THE People’s Unity Group for Thailand led by red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan joined by other groups encamped at the Government House after marching there from Phan Fa Lilat Bridge at 6 p.m. this evening (June 26) in a demonstration to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign, Thai Rath newspaper said. The march was […]
Read MoreRed shirts temporarily halt rally over Covid outbreak
THE red shirt protesters rallying at Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue for the fourth day today (April 7) to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down decided to disband and meet again at a later date amid a new flare up of coronavirus, Siam Rath newspaper said this evening. Mr. Jatuporn Prompan, head […]
Read MoreRed shirts continue rallying for second day
RED-SHIRT followers assembled at Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue for the second day today (April 5) as they continued pressuring for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down while also calling the release of protest leaders detained under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, Thai Rath newspaper said. […]
Read MoreRed shirts gather to pressure PM Prayut to resign
RED-SHIRT followers gathered at Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue where the Black May 1992 Memorial is located at 4 p.m. today (April 4) with their leaders taking turns to giving speeches on their objective that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha step down, Thai Rath newspaper said. The key leaders said the gathering, entitled “Thais won’t […]
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 […]
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