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Red shirt inmates still back govt
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/01/2014
» Red-shirt political prisoners still support the caretaker government even though it has abandoned the blanket amnesty bill which would have secured their release.
Rights, liberty and restraint emerge from the storm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government's show of restraint towards anti-government protesters has paid off as a stream of international support pours in.
Red-shirt rally backs Pheu Thai
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/11/2013
» Red shirt groups rallied at the Ratchaprasong intersection yesterday to show their support for the Pheu Thai Party and demand anti-amnesty protesters call off their demonstration now the government has promised to kill the bill.
Red-shirts rally to 'protect govt'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/11/2013
» Independent red-shirt groups turned out in force on Sunday to back their elected Pheu Thai leader and plead with opposition protesters to back off from trying to overthrow the government as the amnesty bill push has also ready stopped.
Bill passage opens red-shirt rift
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/11/2013
» The hurried vote to endorse the blanket amnesty bill before dawn yesterday has caused a wide rift within the red-shirt movement, political activists and academics say.
Colours now split generation that once fought together
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/10/2013
» As Thais commemorate the October upheavals this month, a new sentiment has emerged that challenges the old power cliques and warns that they can no longer manipulate politics.
Don't let the 'Thaksin ghost' haunt our reconciliation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2013
» The different amnesty bills, although they vary in detail, cause similarly large levels of public anxiety. The problem is not the legal loopholes in each version, but the fear that, given the highly polarised politics involved, the government's amnesty push could lead to a deadly collision.
Government must be bold to tackle southern crisis
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/09/2012
» It is time for Yingluck Shinawatra's government to forsake its piecemeal measures towards the southern conflict and adopt a bolder, more comprehensive policy to allow political solutions to prevail over military measures.
Court 'putting nation at risk', says academic
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/07/2012
» Political observers have warned the Constitution Court it risks leading the nation into turmoil as it prepares to rule on the charter amendment case on Friday.
Warnings of consequences of charter court's decision
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/07/2012
» The Constitution Court judges are treading a self-destructive path because they are dealing with larger issues beyond their legitimate power, such as the public mood and political responsibility, and they could plunge the country into a further round of political turmoil, two respected legal experts warned on Tuesday.