At a cabinet meeting today, the Thai government has confirmed it will officially lift the state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces with effect from tomorrow. The emergency laws had been put in place during the prolonged red shirt anti-government street protests earlier in the year. … [Read more...]
Red Shirts Promise Peaceful Rallies
December 20, 2010 By
An estimated 10,000 anti-government red shirt protesters joined a peaceful rally in central Bangkok yesterday afternoon. The rally was organised by the United Front for Dictatorship Against Democracy (UDD). With many of the red shirt leaders still in detention the new chairwoman of the UDD is Thida … [Read more...]
Court Drops Second Case Against Democrat Party
December 10, 2010 By
Thailand’s Constitution Court has dismissed a second case against the ruling Democrat Party. Judges ruled by a majority vote (4 to 3) to dismiss the case because the correct legal procedure hadn’t been followed by the Election Commission when bringing the charges. This is the second time in as … [Read more...]
Thai Court Dismisses Charges Against Ruling Democrat Party
November 29, 2010 By
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has today dismissed a case against the ruling Democrat Party. Had the Democrat Party been found guilty they could have been disbanded and the Thai prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, could have been banned from politics for five years. The charges against the … [Read more...]
Thai PM Appears in Court
October 19, 2010 By
Thailand’s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, appeared in front of the Constitution Court yesterday in a case which could potentially bring down the current government and result in the dissolution of Thailand’s oldest political party, the Democrat Party. As always in Thai politics, the issues … [Read more...]
Thailand and Cambodia in New Diplomatic Spat
October 15, 2010 By
Thailand and Cambodia have been embroiled in a new diplomatic fight this week. It follows the accusation from Thailand’s Department of Special Investigations (DSI) that Cambodia provided assistance for a group of red shirt militants to set up a training camp near Siem Reap. The accusation from the … [Read more...]
Remembering Thailand’s Troubled Past
October 10, 2010 By
Political problems, street protests, coups and corruption have been a feature of Thailand for a very long time. The protests in Bangkok earlier in the year and the way they were handled by the government and security forces were an all too familiar reminder of previous incidents in Thai history. … [Read more...]
