BBC Interview with Robert Amsterdam on Crisis in Thailand
Click here to listen to a brief interview with Robert Amsterdam on the tragic crisis unfolding in Bangkok, Thailand on the BBC.
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Who Are the Red Shirts?
Given the sudden and bloody end to the two-month-long protest rally in downtown Bangkok, I believe it is essential the world understands who the Red Shirts are, and what they have been fighting for. There continues to be a concerted effort from th...
Statement of Thaksin Shinawatra
Statement of Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, May 19, 2010 Today, the government ordered the use of force to disperse the peaceful demonstrators at Rajprasong intersection and accusing me as the one who rejected the negotiation. I would like to make the st...
A Sense of Injustice in Thailand
The Independent notes that the protesters in Bangkok actually have legitimate grievances. It would, one feels, take more than a small bribe from Mr Thaksin to persuade two middle-aged ladies – and Mrs Intarahutti is also infirm – to le...
Newsweek on Thaksin
A very rare and sensible article on Thaksin Shinawatra published in Newsweek. Surely the government’s e-footsoldiers will leap all over it very soon just like they have with CNN (see Bangkok Pundit’s critique of their absurd stab...
Thai Protestors Ask for Mediators
This quote comes from Weng Tojirakarn comes from The Australian. “I urgently ask the government of Australia to issue a statement to ask Thailand to stop the violence from the government side,” Dr Weng said, adding he had sent a reques...
The Semantics of Violence in Thailand
One of the best blogs you should be reading this week about the crisis in Thailand is New Mandala. Below is a snippet of an interesting post about the language we choose to use in describing political violence (please note that the post is c...
The Temporary Thai-ification of This Blog
Given the serious political crisis unraveling in Thailand and the fact that Robert Amsterdam is currently on the ground in Bangkok, we are planning to publish quite a lot of related content on this space in the coming days until a new platform is ...
Press Release: Time for International Community to Act on Thai Political Crisis, says Thaksin Lawyer
The following press release is being distributed to the media regarding Robert Amsterdam’s visit to Bangkok. Time for International Community to Act on Thai Political Crisis, says Thaksin Lawyer BANGKOK, May 12, 2010 – Robert Amsterdam...
Kazakh Human Rights Activist Languishes in Prison
It’s been a great disappointment to me how all the media attention has disappeared with regard to the case of the human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis in Kazakhstan, who was unlawfully jailed after having the bad luck of being involved in a...