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Abhisit’s talk in Oxford: From the inside

March 16th, 2009 by Thorn Pitidol, Guest Contributor · 21 Comments

On the morning of Saturday, 14 March 2009, the Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, spoke to an audience at St.John’s College Auditorium, University of Oxford.
Abhisit’s arrival was greeted by Red Shirt protesters who were waiting for him in front of St.John’s. However, most of the Red Shirts were not allowed to go inside. This [...]

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