Bangkok, Thailand (25.11.2013)
There have been escalating political protests across Bangkok in the past weeks. Yesterday, an epic 100,000 “yellow shirt” anti-government and 40,000 “red shirt” pro-government demonstrators took to the streets. Today, the yellow shirt marches continued. This was part of the procession as it passed by my office building on the way to key government and media locations in the heart of Bangkok.
Demonstrations began last month against a since-shelved government plan to grant amnesty to deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and pardon those responsible for a 2010 military crackdown on red shirt supporters (largely rural working class) that left more than 90 people dead.
The yellow shirts (largely middle class) are calling for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (sister of Thaksin) to resign and dissolve the government. She has refused to step aside.
So far the demonstrations have been peaceful and we are watching the situation unfold and hoping that it remains so.
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