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Thailand's Red Shirt Protesters Mark Coup Anniversary

BANGKOK (Sept. 19) -- Thousands of anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters defied a state of emergency in Thailand's capital to stage their first major demonstration since their street protests were ended by a deadly military crackdown in May. The activities Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of a 2006 military coup that...

Thailand's Red Shirts Stage New Protest in Bangkok

BANGKOK (Aug. 1) -- Several hundred Red Shirt protesters defied a state of emergency in the Thai capital to stage a symbolic protest, with hundreds of people sprawling on the ground and chanting, "People died here!" The demonstration Sunday at the city's Democracy Monument was peaceful, but it was the latest sign of...

In Wake of Unrest, Thailand Extends Emergency Rule

(July 6) -- Thailand extended emergency rule today over the capital and a quarter of the country for another three months, granting police broad powers to detain suspects for 30 days without charge in an extension of laws implemented earlier this spring amid the nation's worst political violence in decades. The laws ban...

Thailand Extends Curfew as Violence Continues

(May 20) -- Thailand's government today extended a curfew for three more nights in Bangkok and to 23 provinces after the level of violence eased but fires raged in the capital, with at least 27 major buildings set ablaze. Shots were heard overnight near a Buddhist temple where some of the Red Shirt protesters had taken...

Thai Officials Say Violent Protests Mostly Quelled

BANGKOK (May 20) -- The Thai government declared Thursday it had mostly quelled ten weeks of violent protests in the capital while buildings smoldered, troops rooted out small pockets of resistance and residents attempted a return to normal life. But a nighttime curfew was extended in Bangkok and 23 other provinces for...