“We’re Sorry, Thailand” (ขอโทษประเทศไทย) Television spot banned by the Thai television censorship board. Censorship on TV in Thailand has always been a delicate and inconsistent matter. Freedom of speech in Thailand was guaranteed in the articles 39, 40, 41 in the 1997 Constitution. Video courtesy of: rdockum Share

Earlier this week we have reported on the banned TV commercial “ขอโทษประเทศไทย” (Sorry Thailand). For those, who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the video with English subtitles: The ban has created some considerable public uproar and the censorship board, which consists of representatives of the free-TV channels and other ‘experts’, has gotten itself into the crossfire of criticism. The ad [...]

BANGKOK, May 16 (TNA) – Thailand’s Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) on Sunday urged anti-government Red Shirt protesters to leave their main rally site at Bangkok’s prime commercial area by Monday 3pm following clashes between troops and armed protesters which left 24 persons dead and ,over 200 wounded. CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd, in a nationally [...]

Thai security forces and anti-government protesters remained in a stand-off in Bangkok after clashes overnight in which one person died. Shots and bangs were heard overnight as security forces moved to cut power and seal off access to the large protest camp in the city centre. Earlier, a renegade general supporting the protesters was shot by an unknown gunman and [...]

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has scrapped an offer to hold an early election this year after anti-government demonstrators refused to end their two-month-old protest, officials confirmed Thursday. Abhisit last week proposed to hold an election Nov 14, in a bid to appease the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), whose supporters are commonly known as red shirts, which [...]

BANGKOK (AP) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has warned protesters who have paralyzed a Bangkok commercial district to leave by Wednesday, dimming chances of a negotiated settlement to Thailand’s two-month political standoff. Abhisit did not elaborate on his apparent ultimatum in remarks late Tuesday but his government spokesman said the prime minister would no longer offer anti-government protesters a compromise, [...]

Bangkok – Thailand’s government said on Tuesday the latest demands of protesters camped on the streets of Bangkok were unclear, suggesting there would be no swift end to demonstrations crippling the capital. The anti-government “red shirts” are refusing to halt their protest, which has paralysed an upmarket commercial district and scared off tourists, until a deputy prime minister faces charges [...]

BANGKOK (AP) – Thai protest leaders are meeting to decide whether to accept a government reconciliation plan or remain entrenched behind their barricades in the heart of Bangkok’s commercial district. The so-called Red Shirts say they agree in principle with a proposal by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections, but want more specific details and [...]

May 2 (Bloomberg) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will hold a special Cabinet meeting today after he said government measures have helped contain protests from spreading outside of Bangkok’s commercial center. The government has worked to stop demonstrators from publicizing their rallies and setting up illegal checkpoints, Abhisit said. Security officials who fail in their duties will be transferred, [...]

After seven straight weeks of anti-government demonstrations on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand’s red shirt protesters show no sign of giving up. With red shirt leaders bracing for what they fear will be a government crackdown against them, the protesters have been reinforcing their camps in the heart of the Thai capital. As well as sealing off a large part [...]