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Thailand: Abhisit, Suthep charged with murder over 2010 crackdown
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Fri, Dec 07, 2012 12:16PM UTC 1 Comment
Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has said it will charge former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and then deputy prime minister Suthep Thuagsuban with premeditated murder for their involvement in the death of a taxi driver during the crackdown on the anti-government red shirt protests in May 2010, where about 90 people were killed. Both will...
Panel Garners Red Shirt Support for the International Criminal Court
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Wed, Oct 17, 2012 3:30PM UTC 0 Comment
By The Isaan Record KHON KAEN – Cheers erupted the instant former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s face appeared on the projection screen, but they were not cheers of support for the former figurehead. The enraptured audience was instead hailing the speaker’s assertions accompanying the slide. At Khon Kaen University’s College of Local Administration last Saturday,...
Thailand’s Democrat Party rallies behind “men in black” conspiracy
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Mon, Oct 15, 2012 10:30AM UTC 0 Comment
On Saturday, members of Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party rallied in the streets of Bangkok that were the scenes of the bloody clashes of the anti-government protests in 2010. At least 92 people were killed and thousands were injured when the red shirts rallied and blocked off streets in central Bangkok in order to force out...
A ‘truth’ for the sake of Thailand’s reconciliation does little
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Sun, Sep 30, 2012 11:00AM UTC 0 Comment
Last week, the Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) presented its final report on its investigations into the violent clashes between the authorities and the red shirts during the 2010 anti-government protests. At least 92 people were killed and thousands were injured. The overall outcome was that the commission finds faults with both sides. However, it...
Thailand: 2 years after the May 19 crackdown – some personal (and very short) thoughts
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Mon, May 21, 2012 1:37PM UTC 0 Comment
By Saksith Saiyasombut On Saturday, thousands of red shirts gathered at Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok to commemorate the second anniversary of the violent crackdown against the anti-government protests on May 19, 2010 by the military. Ninety-one people have lost their lives and thousands were wounded in the clashes – protesters, soldiers, civilians and journalists (notably Fabio...
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