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Allow peaceful protests
News, Postbag, Published on 22/02/2018
» I fully sympathise with those protesting against the junta's reneging on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's promise, made in a press release co-signed by US President Donald Trump, to hold free and fair elections this November. They have every right to peacefully protest within the law.
Protests must be heeded
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/07/2020
» If the Prayut Chan-o-cha government wants to ease simmering political tension, in which political groups are starting to challenge the administration, it has no choice other than to kickstart a process of amending the constitution.
Prayut examines student protests
Published on 14/08/2020
» The authorities are looking to identify people who rallied for monarchy reforms at Thammasat University on Monday, according to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
The perils of protests
News, Published on 26/09/2020
» A lot can go wrong when mobilising mass protests and the youth-led show of force against the government last weekend illustrates this point.
Timeline: Crackdown on protests
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2020
» The government declared a state of emergency early on Thursday morning, aimed at protesters who have demanded the removal of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and called for reform of the monarchy.
Ratchaprasong jittery over protests
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 16/10/2020
» Big shopping malls in the middle of Bangkok's main shopping district are bracing for another whammy on top of the deadly Covid-19 crisis after anti-government demonstrators on Thursday gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of a major crackdown in 2010 that ended with scores of people killed.
Protests a 'rudderless ship'
News, Published on 20/03/2021
» Experts are trying to find the rationale behind the apparent shrinking of the anti-government protests in recent weeks; the answer may lie in the convoluting and, at times contradictory, messages the movement has been sending out.
Control, don't subdue protests
News, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2021
» Frontline workers despaired as they were unable to get to where they were needed the most. Teenagers, caught in the crossfire between security forces and protesters, became victims of indiscriminate shooting -- one of whom remained in a coma as of yesterday. Terrified residents, hoping to escape the worst of the clashes by sheltering in their apartment blocks, ended up as victims after tear gas -- hurled to disperse rioters, authorities say -- landed on their porch instead.
Protests immortalised in art
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/09/2021
» When a writer replaces his pen for a paintbrush, the outcome takes on a new dimension as seen in the artworks of writer-turned-artist Jirapatt Aungsumalee's latest politically charged exhibition titled "DARK".
Ratchaprasong jittery over protests
Published on 15/10/2020
» ม๊อบปลดแอกยึดแยกราชประสงค์Published caption : Protesters gathering in front of CentralWorld.