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External videos Clip of unknown person throwing explosive at rally 25 November 2020 , Twitter video On 25 November, over 10,000 protesters converged on the headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in northern Bangkok, in which the King is the largest shareholder with a stake of 23.4 percent valued at over $2.3 billion.
He made the first public comment in November 2020: that he "love[s] them [Thai people] all the same," and "Thailand is the land of compromise." [ 284 ] Patrick Jory, a senior lecturer in Southeast Asian history at the University of Queensland, described the unpredictable nature of the King and "his willingness to use violence," and says that he ...
The video of students singing the jingle soon spread online and eventually inspired the running event. [ 12 ] On 30 July, two vocational student groups held a demonstration: the royalist "Vocation [students] Help the Nation" group accused the protesters of attempting to "overthrow the monarchy", while the groups "Vocation [students] for the ...
The political turmoil unleashed by the dismissal of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is likely to deal another blow to the already struggling economy, where millions of people drowning in debt ...
The Constitutional Court of Thailand ordered the dissolution of the Future Forward Party, disqualifying its executives, including Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, from running as Members of Parliament. [1] Demonstrations since erupted in various high schools, colleges, and universities nationwide. It was the start of 2020–2021 Thai protests.
The Red Shirt protests paralyse Bangkok for months until a military crackdown, in which at least 90 people are killed in clashes with security forces in Thailand's worst political violence since 1992.
Amnesty International Thailand released a statement demanding removal of all charges and protection of the right to protest. [15] On 9 August, five youth leaders in Phitsanulok Province were arrested without charge. An unnamed Thai police source reported that they were kept in custody in a Border Patrol Police camp to dissuade a local protest ...
Activists announced a "major rally" would occur on 19 September 2020, at Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus, [18] [19] [20] to mark the 14th anniversary of the 2006 Thai military coup. [21] On 24 August, Khon Kaen protest groups, including the Assembly of the Poor, appeared to endorse the 10 demands.