Redshirt Jailed For Insulting King's Privy Councillor
NAKHON RATCHASIMA - The Supreme Court in Nakhon Ratchasima Province has sentenced a local Redshirt leader to 3 years in jail for burning a coffin bearing the name of His Majesty the King′s Privy Councillor.
Senator Rebuked For Complimenting Yingluck's Beauty
(28 August) The parliamentary debate on the Constitution amendment yesterday saw a bizarre moment in which lawmakers argued whether the beauty of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is related to the Constitution.
Army Chief Upholds King's Teaching As Guideline For Politicians
BANGKOK - The commander in chief of the Royal Thai Army suggested that Thai politicians should learn from the teachings of His Majesty the King, which stress the merit of solving the problems with careful consciousness.
Anger Over DSI Chief's 'Inappropriate' Reference To Yingluck
BANGKOK — Senior Democrat Party politicians have criticized the chief of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for mistakenly referring to Prime Minister Yingluck as the "head of state," a title that belongs to the Thai king.
Red Protesters Call For NHRC Chairwoman To Resign
(14 August) Redshirts converged at the office of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) today to voice their displeasure at the report about the 2010 political unrest released by the agency, which has been criticised for its lack of emphasis on the atrocities committed by the military during the crackdown.
NHRC Accused Of Whitewashing Authorities' Hands In 2010 Crackdown
BANGKOK - Thailand′s top human rights commission has been blasted by a number of activists and academics for its report on the 2010 political violence which, the critics say, shifts most of the blames on the side of the protesters rather than the authorities.
Army Chief Says Soldiers Did Not Kill 6 Wat Pathum Victims
BANGKOK - The chief of Royal Thai Army insisted that the military was not involved in the deaths of 6 civilians shot dead as they sought shelter inside a temple during the 2010 military crackdown.
Irreconcilable 2010 Crackdown Narratives Plague Amnesty Debate
BANGKOK — Deliberation on the government-sponsored draft of the amnesty bill in Parliament yesterday was punctuated by heated arguments, heckling, and drastically divergent narratives of what happened during the 2010 crackdown - the central issue that the amnesty bill was designed to resolve.
Court Inquest Says Soldiers Kill 6 at Wat Pathum
BANGKOK — A court ruled today that the Thai military was responsible for the deaths of six civilians, including a pair of volunteer medics, who were seeking haven inside a temple during the 2010 crackdown on Redshirt protesters in Bangkok.
Inquest Over 2010 Wat Pathum's 6 Deaths Due Tomorrow
(5 August) The court is due to deliver an inquest detailing who was responsible for deaths of 6 civilians, including a volunteer nurse, at Wat Pathumwanararm Temple in the last day of the 2010 Redshirts protests.
