Bangkok - Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the Thai government to set up an independent commission to investigate recent politically-motivated violence "by all sides," including those responsible for this week's mayhem and last year's protests.
Thailand has been wracked by street protests for almost a year now, starting with the demonstrations led by the yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that began in May 2008, and culminated with the closure of Bangkok's two airports for a week in November-December.
Print this article email this article Comment on this article Follow me on Twitter Beijing - China has issued a travel warning for Thailand, advising Chinese travelers to avoid riot zones in the country, state media reported Tuesday. The Foreign Ministry and National Tourism Administration have urged Chinese travelers to postpone trips to Thailand, two days after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and five surrounding provinces, the state-run China Daily reported Tuesday.
Chinese citizens already in Thailand are being cautioned to stay away from the rioting.
Bangkok (Thailand), Apr. 14 : Thailand’s opposition United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), which is also known as the `Red Shirt’, has ended its standoff outside Government House here against the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Two red-shirt core leaders, Veera Musikhapong and Suporn Uttawong, surrendered to police on Tuesday after they told their protesting supporters to disperse.
Bangkok - Anti-government protestors in the Thai capital said Tuesday they were to defy the authorities by remaining dug in outside the seat of government at Bangkok in the face of an army crackdown. The capital was quiet as troops continued to consolidate their positions around the remaining 5,000 protestors loyal to fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was overthrown in a September 2006 military coup.
Bangkok - Two men were killed in the Thai capital after anti-government protestors clashed with residents near their main rally site on Monday night, said reporters at the scene. As the city braced for a final army move against protestors who closed down much of the city over the weekend, so-called Red Shirts fired shots at people not far from the main rally site. Two male residents, aged 54 and 19, were killed and a dozen injured, said a government spokesman on television. A member of a medical foundation also confirmed the deaths in local press reports.
Bangkok - Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the Thai government to set up an independent commission to investigate recent politically-motivated violence "by all sides," including those responsible for this week's mayhem and last year's protests.
Print this article email this article Comment on this article Follow me on Twitter Beijing - China has issued a travel warning for Thailand, advising Chinese travelers to avoid riot zones in the country, state media reported Tuesday. The Foreign Ministry and National Tourism Administration have urged Chinese travelers to postpone trips to Thailand, two days after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and five surrounding provinces, the state-run China Daily reported Tuesday.
Bangkok (Thailand), Apr. 14 : Thailand’s opposition United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), which is also known as the `Red Shirt’, has ended its standoff outside Government House here against the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Bangkok - Two men were killed in the Thai capital after anti-government protestors clashed with residents near their main rally site on Monday night, said reporters at the scene. As the city braced for a final army move against protestors who closed down much of the city over the weekend, so-called Red Shirts fired shots at people not far from the main rally site. Two male residents, aged 54 and 19, were killed and a dozen injured, said a government spokesman on television. A member of a medical foundation also confirmed the deaths in local press reports. 
