Thailand: “Red Shirt” Protests Continue, Tensions Grow

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 28th, 2010 | Trackback

The ongoing “Red Shirt” demonstrations in Bangkok showed no sign of ending and if anything escalated April 27 when protesters shut down the city’s elevated railway system. With a state of emergency in place, the Red Shirts holding out in a fortified encampment in the middle of Bangkok’s shopping and tourist district, the government warning it would adopt tougher measures to quell the unrest and government supporters and other groups fed up with the disruption to business and livelihoods, it appears that the situation may be about to erupt. All sides, including the military, still say they want a political solution, but whether one can be found is uncertain.

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