Posts Tagged ‘crisis in Bangkok’
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
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Pictures by Howard Monath
Q: Want to wrap up?
A: Let me write a wrap-up in a few days (middle of week or so). The curfew ends today, I can start going out to talk to a few people. A lot of ‘experts’ expect this to turn into a series of guerilla attacks , but now there is a very uneasy calm. Also, the Thai government has been arresting foreigners who they say were “outside agitators.” One English bloke is facing a possible death penalty for ‘exhorting’ the crowd to burn down the Central World Mall.
5 hours ago [8:37 a.m. EST]
Edited for style
Tags:crisis in Bangkok, crisis in Thailand, Howard Monath, Thai curfew ends
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
By Howard Monath
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[10:47 P.M. Update: “The fires are still burning in Bangkok, things are pretty brazen; a lot of the crowds seem to support the Reds who slip in and out with impunity, This is civil war, people who are on different sides live in the same block. The elderly and children have gone to the Temples which have been declared sanctuaries by the Thai government, but at night the Red Shirt fighters use the temples has havens.”]
Central World. Picture by Howard Monath
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Howard Monath [Responding to WSJ report below] MAN THE BARRICADES! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW? YOUR INTREPID REPORTER WILL BE THERE, WISH ME LUCK.
Thai Premier Rescinds Offer for Early Election: Spokesman – WSJ.com, online.wsj.com, Thailand’s prime minister said he would no longer offer antigovernment protesters a compromise, including an early election, reducing chances that a negotiated settlement to the two-month political standoff would be found.
Yesterday at 1:25pm
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
Monath, bivouacked with the Red Shirts
By Howard Monath
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Picture by Howard Monath
The Red Shirts just announced that they will only disband if the deputy prime minister agrees to face criminal charges relating to the April 10th death of 20 civilians…like that’s ever going to happen. this does not bode well for a peaceful resolution.
12:17 p.m. EST
Tags:crisis in Bangkok, crisis in Thailand, Howard Monath, red shirts
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
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2 minutes ago [12:25 EST]
Funny, it seems counter intuitive, but the closer you are to a story and the more access you have , like here with the Thai Red Shirts, the more you rely on outside sources for information ( or at least corroboration )
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
[Thai ‘Red Shirt’ protester arrested over Facebook post | Metro.co.uk www.metro.co.uk A Facebook post has led to a Thai ‘Red Shirt’ protester being arrested by police claiming that Wipas Raksakulthai insulted the kingdom’s royal family on the social networking site.
yesterday.]
Via facebook, Pictures by Howard Monath.
Hunter Word Yo, Howard, Don’t “insult” anyone.
Yesterday at 1:01pm
"Rubber bullets? I was born at night but not yesterday" - Howard Monath
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