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November 19, 2010

Red shirt rally situation "tense" on crackdown's sixth anniversary

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the violent suppression of the red shirt movement's occupation of critical Bangkok areas this past spring.

I've yet to make it over there, but someone just sent this:

 

RATACHAPRASONG UPDATE 7am:
Hordes of police if flowing in. Columns of prison vans are waiting. Large groups of riot police in full gear are moving around Ratchprasong. Many more are getting ready.
Some "red camps" have been removed. Scattered red shirts are around the whole area and their mood is very tense.

Posted at 10:57 AM in Current Affairs, Thai politics |

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  • 12 Securing the camp
    Seeking to end two months of protests by anti-government "red shirt" demonstrators, the Thai government fielded hundreds of soldiers supported by armored personnel carriers at dawn on May 19, 2010. Civilians suffered the heaviest casualties during the heavy urban fighting to follow, as well as one soldier and two journalists. At least 15 people were killed. Photos: Kenneth Todd Ruiz.

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