Topic: junta

Thai police to charge protest leaders with 'royal insult'

Thai police to charge protest leaders with 'royal insult'

Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 09:56 PM

Thai police have summoned seven leaders of anti-government protests to face charges of lese majeste over comments made at demonstrations that demanded reforms to the monarchy, a police source and a rights group said on Tuesday. Read more »

Thai monks ordered not to join protests

Thai monks ordered not to join protests

Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 10:20 PM

"The Supreme Sangha Council made resolutions to prohibit monks and novices from involvement in politics, including joining protests and expressing political opinions," a spokesman for the government's National Office of Buddhism said. Read more »

Protesting Thai students boycott royal graduation day

Protesting Thai students boycott royal graduation day

Jiraporn Kuhakan and Juarawee Kittisilpa, Reuters
Posted at Oct 31 02:23 AM

Some students sympathetic to Thai protesters boycotted graduation ceremonies led by King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Friday in a show of anger at the monarchy amid growing calls to reform it. Read more »

Thai protesters, 'human beings, not dust', march in challenge to king

Thai protesters, 'human beings, not dust', march in challenge to king

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Matthew Tostevin, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 10:53 PM

Describing themselves as "human beings, not dust", thousands of Thai protesters demanding reforms of the monarchy marched to the German embassy in Bangkok on Monday to put pressure on King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who spends much of his time in Germany. Read more »

Thailand revokes protest ban that backfired

Thailand revokes protest ban that backfired

Panarat Thepgumpanat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 10:38 PM

Thailand on Thursday revoked an emergency decree aimed at ending months of protests against the government and monarchy that had only inflamed anger and brought tens of thousands of people onto Bangkok streets. Read more »

Thai PM may lift emergency moves; protesters want more

Thai PM may lift emergency moves; protesters want more

Panarat Thepgumpanat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 21 11:08 PM

BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha backed down on Wednesday over emergency measures he imposed last week to stop three months of protests, but which spurred even bigger demonstrations against his government and the monarchy. Read more »

In Thailand, students take on the military (and 'death eaters')

In Thailand, students take on the military (and 'death eaters')

Hannah Beech, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 11 11:20 PM

The protests have since grown, taking on graver issues like the disappearance of Thai dissidents. For weeks now, thousands of students, many dressed in demure school uniforms or as pop culture icons (like a Japanese animated hamster), have staged rallies across the country, urging the armed forces and their allies to withdraw from politics and respect human rights.   Read more »

Thousands join biggest protest for years in Bangkok

Thousands join biggest protest for years in Bangkok

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Matthew Tostevin, Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 10:12 PM

The demonstration in Bangkok, called just a day earlier by Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, revived memories of the spasms of street protest that have roiled the Thai capital periodically during the past two decades of political turbulence. Read more »

Fight the power: Thai rap stars savage junta 'bootlickers'

Fight the power: Thai rap stars savage junta 'bootlickers'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 09:43 PM

A golden statue of Thai premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha with the word "cheat" behind him looms over five rappers as they rip into junta "bootlickers", in a video gone viral on the eve of an election critics say is stacked to favor the generals.   Read more »

Unfriend: Thai junta leader receives social media pummelling

Unfriend: Thai junta leader receives social media pummelling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 12:21 AM

An onslaught of negative feedback flooded the official Facebook page of Thailand's premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha a day after it was launched over the weekend, backfiring on the junta leader's attempts to get "suggestions" on the social media platform Read more »

Duterte: Leni is 'weak'

Duterte: Leni is 'weak'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 11:00 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday again blasted Vice President Leni Robredo, this time before Philippine Military Academy (PMA) alumni.   Read more »

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