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Police reclaim Makkhawan Bridge rally site
Online Reporters, Published on 14/02/2014
» Police reclaimed the anti-government protest site at Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge on Friday, promising to seize more stages in days to come.
Amnesty bills: Haunted by ghost of Thaksin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/08/2013
» Six amnesty bills this time. 25 in 81 years of Thai democracy. Who gets amnesty in each version?
We can't afford another political crisis
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/08/2013
» The war drums have been sounded by both the pro- and anti-Thaksin camps ahead of the parliamentary debate starting Wednesday on the contentious amnesty bill and, probably, the even more explosive reconciliation bill, which would absolve all wrongdoers in political conflicts, including the Man in Dubai
When politicians control the police force
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/07/2012
» When politicians decide who gets the good jobs, police investigation teams get disrupted & crime fighting suffers.
Needed: lessons in democracy
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/08/2011
» During previous protests outside parliament, red-shirt demonstrators called for the resignation of a government they said came to power undemocratically. They are now being accused of being undemocratic themselves.
No claims of victory
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/11/2010
» PAD turnout outside parliament was low while inside, the government was attacked for being insincere but the opposition had little chance of getting what it wanted.