RedShirtsProtests
09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt woman dances during the Red Shirt rally in Bangkok Sunday. The Red Shirt leaders said Sunday they still conditionally supported the Prime Minister's "Road Map to Reconciliation" but that their opponents the Yellow Shirts needed to sign on to make the five point "Road Map" viable. About 5,000 people mostly from northeast Thailand, joined the Red Shirts in Ratchaprasong over the weekend. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters have occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels, since April 4. The Red Shirts are demanding the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand. They support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a coup in 2006 and went into exile rather than go to prison after being convicted on corruption charges. Thaksin is still enormously popular in rural Thailand. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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- Jack Kurtz
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- Red Shirts (all), Thailand (All)
