Received via email:
Please find below details of activities by the red-shirts to coincide with the anniversary of the 2006 coup:
1. Friday, September 17, 2010 time 5.00pm at Bangkhawng prison on Hjarmwongwan road. UDD co-leader Jatuporn Prompan and other red-shirt leaders andsupporters will gather at the front gate and lay red flowers to show support for leaders who have been detained in the prison.
2. Friday evening, September, 17, 2010 red-shirts in Petchaburi, Ratchaburi and Samut Songkhram will organize a Chinese dinner at the municipal school, Banpong, Ratchburi province. UDD co-leader Jatuporn Prompan, Dr. Apiwan and Dr. Suchart will be the guest speakers.
3. September 19, 2010 time 10.00am, the president of Thailand Mirror Foundation, Sombat Boonnjarmanong joined by red shirt supporters will organize activities at Ratchprasong intersection, floating 50,000 balloons and tying red ribbons.
4. Somyos Pluksakasemsook will co-ordinate buses from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to join the mass rally in the northern Thai city on the 19th. UDD co-leader Jatuporn Prompan will be on stage. The buses will depart from Imperial Lardproa in the evening of the 18th.
From the US embassy:
“…political demonstrations in Bangkok and northern Thailand to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 2006 coup and the four-month anniversary of the end of the 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok. Supporters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD or “red-shirts”) are organizing activities that will include September 17 wreath layings at prisons where UDD members are being held and a vehicular procession from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, where participants will join UDD activities on September 19.
On September 19, UDD supporters in Bangkok plan gatherings at Thammasart University and Democracy Monument. The UDD is scheduled to hold a rally in the Ratchaprasong between approximately 1700 – 1900 hours; about 2,000 people are expected to participate. UDD supporters in Chiang Mai plan to assemble in the area of the Chiang Mai railroad station, proceed to the Tha Pae Gate area, then march along the moat that surrounds the
old city, and then rally at the Municipal Sports Stadium. UDD
supporters could also gather at the Three Kings Monument and at the
Grand Worarot Hotel (near Wat Phra Singh). These areas are frequented by foreign tourists, including U.S. citizens. Other possible
demonstration sites include government buildings and military and police installations. UDD gatherings in other provinces across northern Thailand are also likely on September 19.”
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Echos of bloody May 2010 …
good news is : one of the seriously (almost fatally) wounded journalists / bloggers has sufficiently recovered already, so that he is able to speak and give interviews. he is gonna get home to Canada and is already got appointment for interview.
looks like he has even resumed blogging !
the 1st blog post in 4 months, since May 18th – on May 19th he almost died. this is really a very good news that he feels better now – I found his blog as one the best on Thailand.
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No fireworks and no burning ceremonies??
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Suffice it to mark the coup as an act of ignominy.
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