Please Keep it Straight, CNN and Amnesty International

To Amnesty International / CNN After reading your staff Benjamin Zawacki's comment on CNN that the Thai government uses live rounds "against persons who are unarmed and present no credible threat", as a Thai citizen living in Bangkok, I have the the duty to response to your...

Bull's Eye On Thaksin's General's Head

An Article from New York Times May 13, 2010 By Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans A renegade Thai general was shot in Bangkok on Thursday (May 13, 2010) as the military planned to encircle the barricaded encampment of antigovernment demonstrators. Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 59,...

Red shirts defiant as “third hand” blamed for Thailand riots

Red shirts defiant as “third hand” blamed for Thailand riots and assassination attempt: Thai tourism plummetsLess than 24-hours after Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva removed the state of emergency...

Monk - I saw Thai army shoot monk and people at Din Daeng

A Bangkok monk says claims by the Thailand government that the army only fired blanks at red-shirted pro-democracy supporters at Din Daeng last Monday are not true and that those shot include a Buddhist monk.The...

Thailand political unrest continues as hundreds of thousands rall

Less than five months after yellow-shirted anti-government protesters seized and closed Bangkok’s two airports stranding hundreds of thousands of international tourists, the country is headed towards further...

Thailand on the edge ahead of mass pro-democracy rally

Tonight Thailand sits on the edge. After weeks of small-scale pro-democracy rallies throughout the country, a mass march and the surrounding of Government House by red-shirted pro-democracy protesters, and nightly video calls from deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra,...

Power Pad Offers Easy Recharge for devices...with no wires!

" Amid the wireless buzz, a company claims to have solved the "last wire" dilemma by eliminating the need to plug in devices to charge them. Startup MobileWise is working with Acer and others to ship (early next year) a pad with a conductive surface capable of powering...

Thailand: Constitution Court decision.

Thailand's Constitution Court has just decided that the People Power Party should be disbanded and that the current Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat, should be barred from politics for five years. These...

Empty Planes Fly Out of Bangkok Airport

Thai authorities have a struck a deal with protesters that has allowed approximately 40 airplanes to fly out of Bangkok's international airport. The empty planes were flown to other Thai airports in the hopes of...

Thai protestors besiege Parliament complex, Parliament session called off

Today's Parliament session was called off in Thailand following thousands of anti-government protestors led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) began the besiege of the Parliament complex and other...

Grenade wounds Thai demonstrators

" A grenade blast has wounded eight anti-government protesters camped outside the Thai prime minister's office in Bangkok, emergency services say. Demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)...

Blast in Bangkok Kills Anti-Goverment Protester

At least one person has been killed after an explosion occurred in Bangkok during a pro-democracy protest organized near the city's Government House. NowPublic will be updating this story with more information."An...

Thailand: Thaksin Major General Prepares Molotov Cocktails in Readiness for ...

THAKSIN set up the border clash at the Cambodia in which Cambodians claim several Thai soldiers were killed, PM Somchai Wongsawat, was behind the water supply being cut off, are the wild conspiracy theory rumours...

Thailand seven protest PAD leaders surrender

" Leaders of Thailand's anti-government movement have surrendered to police, vowing to hold further rallies despite the threat of prosecution. The seven senior members of the People's Alliance for...

Court revoked treason charges against PAD leaders

Bangkok, Thailand 09 October 2008 (20:30 pm)Court in Bangkok revoked the treason charges against core leaders Chamlong Srimuang and Chaiwat Sinsuwong of the People's Alliance from Democracy (PAD) but will face...

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