Thousands of \"Red Shirts\" rally in Thai capital

Thousands of "Red Shirts" rally in Thai capital

Thousands of \"Red Shirts\" rally in Thai capital

$Thousands of \"Red Shirts\" rally in Thai capital$

BANGKOK : Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" gathered in Bangkok on Sunday, police said, to mark eight months since a deadly military crackdown on their mass anti-government protest last year. Wearing their trademark colour and singing the "Red in the Land" anthem, protesters waved banners reading "Liar State!" and held aloft pictures of their hero, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Police said around 27,000 people joined the peaceful demonstration by the Reds, whose April and May rally last year calling for snap elections ended in clashes between troops and protesters that left more than 90 people dead. Jatuporn Prompan, a prominent figure in the movement, said Red Shirts would continue to gather twice a month, calling for the release of many of their leaders, who are in prison on terrorism charges following the 2010 unrest. He said the protest would continue until ...

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