April 2010 - Occupation downtown Bangkok and march on parliament On Saturday, April 3, 2010 Bangkok city center once again been blocked by demonstrators. "Red shirts" broke the police blockade and get to the shopping district of the capital, which were located a number of shopping complexes and hotels. The security services, which maintain calm and restraint from the beginning of the demonstration, also this time they did not intervene. The demonstrators began to occupy the shopping center, causing the closure of many companies. The Supreme Court at the request of the government, confirmed the power conferred on him by the state of emergency law in force to evict protesters from the center of the capital, and banned the protests along the 11 main streets of the city. April 5 "red shirts" began storming election commission office and the authorities rejected calls to withdraw from the occupied area. April 6 protests have continued, including the capital's thoroughfares prohibited. This day also marked the first since the beginning of the protests of small clashes with security forces. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for 10 key leaders UDD. April 7 "red shirts" to take a march on the parliament building, and briefly broke the resistance to serve the safety, interrupting the deliberations of the Chamber. After a short time, withdrew from the area. Located in the middle of the politicians, including Prime Minister, were evacuated by police, took part in an independent run. In response, the Prime Minister announced the reintroduction of the state of emergency in the capital, during which the organization was formally banned gatherings of more than 5. 8 April the authorities issued an arrest warrant 7 UDD leaders participating in the attack on parliament, blocked access to several opposition websites and shut down … [Read more...]
The Beginning of the Protests
March 12 the authorities to maintain order mobilize 40 thousand. security forces and announced a strong response in the event of use of violence by protesters. The streets leading to the capital were set checkpoints. UDD leaders assured of the peaceful nature of protests and predicting that they will continue until resolution of the government. According to the announcement, UDD from the beginning of March 2010 to organize local meetings and demonstrations of its followers and began preparations to transport them to Bangkok.Early opponents of the government began to pull Abhisit to Bangkok March 13, 2010. March 14 at the center of the city gathered tens of thousands of "red shirts". Foreign correspondents assessed the number at around 100 thousand., While organizers said several hundred thousand participants. UDD leaders demanded the resignation of the government and the tendering of elections, giving Prime Minister 24 hours to respond. Otherwise, have announced a march along the streets of the capital. Army obscenely seat of government and strategic points in the city.March 15 demonstrators surrounded and pitched his camp under the seat of government, forcing Prime Minister to move to a military barracks 11th Infantry Battalion. Speaking from that of Prime Minister Abhisit rejected the claim of "red shirts" who marched into the barracks. The Prime Minister has left the military complex on-board helicopter, as he would inspect the city from the air. To demonstrate via video-link said the former prime minister Shinawatra, who announced that they have brought democracy to the country.On the third day of protests began collecting UDD supporters from their blood to symbolically shed it from the seat of government. Ministry of Health and the Red Cross expressed concern about sanitary conditions prevailing in the areas of … [Read more...]
Political Protests in Thailand
Political protests in Thailand in 2010 - a series of anti-government protests in the Thai capital last from March 14, 2010 to May 19, 2010. The organizer was speaking United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), a social movement in support of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and demanding the resignation of the government Abhisit Vejjajiva and tendering for new elections. Supporters of traffic, so. "Red shirts", organized in the capital city rallies, marches and runs a cavalcade of vehicles, shed their blood gathered in front of the government and seized the city's commercial districts. Initially peaceful protests intensified in April 2010, when demonstrators took to the parliament attack. For the first clashes with police took place on April 10, when the service tried unsuccessfully to oust opponents of the government of the center of Bangkok. 25 people were killed. In early April 2010, demonstrators formed in the main shopping and financial district to its camp. Over time, several thousand camp was surrounded by barricades and they have their own equipment and supplies. In early May 2010 the government proposed to end the protests and the organization of early elections in November 2010. Although initially both sides declared their willingness to agreement, it ultimately did not because of disagreements on the issue of responsibility for violence and death of demonstrators. May 13 the military action began cutting off access to the camp of "red shirts", which led to several days of street fighting, which killed 39 people. May 19, 2010 troops have made a mass assault on the camp, which led to the surrender of leaders of UDD and to remove demonstrators from the center of Bangkok. As a result of killed at least 15 people. In total, from the beginning of the protests, 91 people were killed and 2,000 … [Read more...]
Thai Political Crisis
Thailand's political crisis against the elected government of Samak Sundaravej, was initiated in mid-2008, civil unrest in the People's Alliance for Democracy (APD) in an attempt to force the government to amend the constitution approved in referendum in 2007 to reduce the proportion of representatives elected to Parliament so that the national vote only worth 30% and the other 70% is chosen by appointment, trying to counter the popular support for the PPP. The demonstrations in the capital, Bangkok, organized by the People's Alliance for Democracy began in May 2008 and reached its critical level in late August, when access to Government House and several ministries were occupied by protesters. The government declared a state of emergency in Bangkok on 2 September. Finally, the Constitutional Court disqualified Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and outlawed some of the parties supporting the government (People's Power Party, Chart Thai and Matchimathipatai), for which he was elected a new prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, near Alliance the People for Democracy, ending in December 2008 protests. However, since the inauguration of Vejjajiva, started the Red Shirts protests, Thaksin Shinawatra, in a new cycle of political crisis continued in 2010. Background The People's Alliance for Democracy was disbanded after the 2006 coup that overthrew the elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra. The Alliance was reorganized after the interim government ended military and general elections were held in 2007 that gave victory to the People Power Party led by Samak Sundaravej, a man linked to Thaksin Shinawatra. This linkage is the justification for the alliance to try to quit the cabinet. On 27 June the government had to face a censure motion is passed by the absence of nearly forty parliamentarians, but in which the Prime … [Read more...]
Introduction to the Largest Rivers in Thailand
When you think of Thailand the first thing that springs to mind probably isn’t rivers. Thailand is famous for its culture but we actually don’t realize how many rivers there are to visit in the country. In fact there are many rivers in Thailand and these are well worth checking out if you are holidaying in the country. Chao Phraya River SystemThis is the main river system of Thailand and probably the most famous. At 372km long it flows to the Gulf Of Thailand from the central plains of Bangkok. The start of the river is at the exact point where the Ping and Nan rivers meet (Nakhon Sawan) Once it reaches the town of Chainat it splits into two flows. One of these flows (The Tha Chin) flows parallel to the main river before exiting to the Golf of Thailand just west of Samut Sakhon. Other River SystemsThe Chao Phraya river system is the most famous however there are many other rivers that flow through out Thailand. These include: Bang Pakong – This is a river in eastern Thailand. It starts at the point where the Prachiniburi River and the Nakhon Nayok River meet. It flows into the gulf Thailand just north east of the Bay of Bangkok. Phetchaburi – This river originates in the Kaeng Krachan National Park(western Thailand) and flows right through to the Ban Lat, Tha Yang and Mueang Phetchaburi. At 210km long it then mouths into the Bay of Bangkok Mae Klong – Another river in Western Thailand. This river starts at the part where the Khwae Noil and the Khwae Yai River meet. It flows into the Gulf of Thailand at Sumat Songkram but not before passing the Ratchaburi Province. Pran Buri – This starts in southern area of the Kaeng Krachan National Park in the Malay Peninsula. In total it is 130km long; however despite its length it only passes is the Pranburi in the centre of the Pranburi district. Khlong Kui – This … [Read more...]
