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Timeline: Thailand's turbulent political history
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» The country's election Sunday is the first since a 2014 coup. Here is a brief look at two turbulent decades in Thai politics.
As elections loom, Prayut gets cosy with old political clans
AFP, Published on 07/05/2018
» The sons of a convicted murderer, a rural "don" who has spun a fortune from football and gun-loving provincial bigwigs -- as elections near, Thai junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is cosying up to "influential figures", a group he vowed to expunge from politics with his coup four years ago.
Abhisit echoes Thaksin in lambasting junta rule
AFP, Published on 11/03/2016
» The government is in "panic mode" over the economy and is failing to heal the country's deep political rifts, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday in unusually strident criticism of the country’s ruling generals.
US leads criticism of martial law replacement with Section 44
AFP, Published on 02/04/2015
» The Thai junta's decision to lift martial law was denounced by critics on Thursday as cosmetic, with key ally Washington warning that replacement emergency security measures would do little to loosen the military's grip on power.
Former Thai leaders may face impeachment over 2010 crackdown
AFP, Published on 25/02/2015
» BANGKOK - Two prominent pro-establishment Thai politicians should face impeachment for their role in a 2010 military crackdown that killed more than 90 anti-government protesters, the country's powerful graft watchdog said Tuesday.
Thaksin brother-in-law to face court over 2008 crackdown
AFP, Published on 12/02/2015
» BANGKOK - Thailand's top court has ordered another key member of the embattled Shinawatra family to face trial, an official said Wednesday, as the wealthy but wildly divisive clan become further snared in legal challenges.
Thai court drops murder charge against ex-PM Abhisit
AFP, Published on 28/08/2014
» A Thai court on Thursday dismissed murder charges against former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his ex-deputy over a bloody 2010 protest crackdown, months after a military coup tipped the balance of power in the politically divided nation.
Thai Red Shirts freed as Facebook 'block' sows panic
AFP, Published on 28/05/2014
» Thailand's junta Wednesday freed leaders of the "Red Shirt" movement allied to the ousted government, as social media users reacted with alarm to rumours of a "block" of Facebook.
Detentions in army-ruled Thailand silence coup critics
AFP, Published on 28/05/2014
» BANGKOK (AFP) - Their names read out on national television, politicians, activists, academics and journalists are among scores of influential people summoned by Thailand's junta and arbitrarily held in secret locations.
Thai PM defends herself against negligence charges
AFP, Published on 31/03/2014
» Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra testified Monday in front of anti-graft officials over negligence charges that could lead to her removal from office and a ban from politics.