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Roundup: Confrontations at Government House, Police Headquarters. Police to...
Thousands of anti-government protesters trying to break into government house are now in confrontation with the police who have used tear gas to prevent further incursions. The police have declared...
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Roundup: No Deal, No victory
After news of negotiations and signals from the premier on Monday had led to anticipation of a solution to Thailand’s crisis, it turned out that the anti-government rallies continued, with the police...
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Roundup: The anti-climax of the anti-government protest
After a few hours of confrontation and teargas, the police on Tuesday suddenly decided to call off their defences and let the protesters pass through the Metropolitan Police Headquarters. The situation...
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A Ramkhamhaeng Diary: an Eye Witness Account
Sittiporn Jorradol Note: the article was written in Thai and first published on Prachatai on December 3, 2013. Translated by Tyrell Haberkorn On Saturday, 30 November 2013, the United Front for...
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Thammasat rector condemned for supporting anti-govt protest by closing the...
Suluck Lamubol The Rector of Thammasat University (TU) has been condemned by a group of TU lecturers who claim his order to close down the university for 3 days was unreasonable. The order was said to...
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US’s Perception of Thailand’s Political Divide
Pavin Chachavalpongpun The U.S. Government is concerned about the rising political tension in Thailand and is following the ongoing demonstrations in Bangkok closely. We urge all sides to refrain from...
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Roundup: Anti-govt protest in “last round of the fight” on Monday
After a one-day truce for the King’s birthday on December 5, when the anti-government movement and government agreed to refrain from any confrontation during the national holiday, protest leader Suthep...
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As a matter of fact
Harrison George While critics and apologists alike sift through the pronunciamentos of Suthep Thaugsuban, founder, leader, ideologue and sole spokesperson of the Civil Movement for Democracy, in a...
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Academics: Suthep’s proposal for Intermediary PM and People’s Council...
Suluck Lamubol About 150 Thai academics have on Tuesday denounced the proposal of the anti-government protesters to establish a “People’s Council” and royally-appointed caretaker government as legally...
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Statement of the Assembly for the Defense of Democracy (AFDD)
On 2 December 2013, the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) issued their fourth statement, accompanied by a proposal from the group of demonstrators who use the name “The People’s...
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Anarchy or Democracy?
Jutha Saovabha Someone said this is about grabbing power, not reform. I say this is anarchy and oligarchy, not democracy. Thailand’s political situation, once again, enters a loop of needs over the...
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A letter to the well-heeled protesters of Bangkok
Pravit Rojanaphruk, @PravitR Did you take part in the fierce argument over whether five million of you folks or a mere 150,000 showed up at the anti-government rally on Monday? I thought it showed...
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Freedom of information assessed in embattled Thailand
Reporters Without Borders Amid continuing turmoil and opposition protests that often target news media, Reporters Without Borders has compiled the following assessment of the state of media freedom in...
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Roundup: Anti-govt to roadshow with Armed Forces and capitalist leaders
The anti-government protest leader on Wednesday called for meetings with armed forced high level officers, head of police and leaders of private sectors in hope of gaining more allies. Suthep...
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Thai man found guilty for attempted lèse-majesté
Thaweeporn Kummetha Thai Criminal Court on Thursday handed out an unprecedented lèse-majesté ruling, sentencing a man in jail for an attempt to insult the royal family because insulting messages and...
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Death of a Thai Ideal
Harrison George It is with great sadness that this column announces the death this week in Thailand of Khun Pracha Thipatai. Coming so soon after that of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, it is natural...
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Red-shirt charged with lèse majesté for coded speech
Thaweeporn Kummetha Thai police have charged an anti-establishment red-shirt supporter with lèse majesté for his coded speech at a red-shirt gathering at Rajamangala stadium on Ramkhamhaeng Road in...
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Navy sues journalists for defamation and violating Computer Crimes Act
Suluck Lamubol The Royal Navy army sued two journalists from Phuketwan website after they reported navy’s involvement in trafficking the Rohingyas in Southern Thailand. The police on Monday charged...
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Social media war in the time of Thailand’s democracy crisis
Mattawan Sutjaritthanarak Thailand has surprised the world again with the abrupt violence during the political protests at the beginning of December 2013 as pro- and anti-government protesters...
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Thailand: Risk of increasing unrest after main opposition party’s decision to...
Paris, Bangkok, December 21, 2013: FIDH and its member organization Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) express their serious concern over the decision by Thailand’s opposition party, the Democrat Party, to...
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