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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (LEFT) talks to a Red Shirt "civilian" at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (LEFT) talks to a Red Shirt security official at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (LEFT) talks to a Red Shirt security official at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (LEFT) talks to a Red Shirt security official at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt woman cheers for Red Shirt speakers at 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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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (LEFT) talks to a Red Shirt security official at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (RIGHT) talks to a Red Shirt security official at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt woman cheers for Red Shirt speakers at 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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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt woman cheers for Red Shirt speakers at 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt protestor uses his noise maker while he shields himself from the sun with a Red Shirt non violence placard at the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: JATUPORN PROMPAN (center, white shirt), a prominent Red Shirt leader, sits with Red Shirt supporters at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt leaders, including DARUNEE KRITTABOONYALAI, a well known Thai society matron and member of the ruling elite, take the stage during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. Kritboonyalai is a so-called "HiSo" or High Society. Most of the Red Shirts are populists and members of the Thai working class and it's unusual for them to have HiSo supporters. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai Red Shirt with a toy gun to protest Thai Army violence against the Red Shirts during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai civilians who live in the area of the Red Shirt camp leave through a checkpoint manned by Thai troops Sunday. The Thai government is trying to clear the area of civilians ahead of an expected military operation to end the Red Shirt protest. Elsewhere in Bangkok, Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road again Sunday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and unidentified snipers shot at pedestrians on the sidewalks. At one point Sunday the government said it was going to impose a curfew only to rescind the announcement hours later. The situation in Bangkok continues to deteriorate as protests spread beyond the area of the Red Shirts stage at Ratchaprasong Intersection. Many protests now involve people who have not been active in the Red Shirt protests and live in the area of Rama IV. Red Shirt leaders have called for a cease fire, but the government indicated that it is going to go ahead with operations to isolate the Red Shirt camp and clear the streets.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai civilians who live in the area of the Red Shirt camp leave through a checkpoint manned by Thai troops Sunday. The Thai government is trying to clear the area of civilians ahead of an expected military operation to end the Red Shirt protest. Elsewhere in Bangkok, Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road again Sunday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and unidentified snipers shot at pedestrians on the sidewalks. At one point Sunday the government said it was going to impose a curfew only to rescind the announcement hours later. The situation in Bangkok continues to deteriorate as protests spread beyond the area of the Red Shirts stage at Ratchaprasong Intersection. Many protests now involve people who have not been active in the Red Shirt protests and live in the area of Rama IV. Red Shirt leaders have called for a cease fire, but the government indicated that it is going to go ahead with operations to isolate the Red Shirt camp and clear the streets.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai civilians who live in the area of the Red Shirt camp leave through a checkpoint manned by Thai troops Sunday. The Thai government is trying to clear the area of civilians ahead of an expected military operation to end the Red Shirt protest. Elsewhere in Bangkok, Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road again Sunday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and unidentified snipers shot at pedestrians on the sidewalks. At one point Sunday the government said it was going to impose a curfew only to rescind the announcement hours later. The situation in Bangkok continues to deteriorate as protests spread beyond the area of the Red Shirts stage at Ratchaprasong Intersection. Many protests now involve people who have not been active in the Red Shirt protests and live in the area of Rama IV. Red Shirt leaders have called for a cease fire, but the government indicated that it is going to go ahead with operations to isolate the Red Shirt camp and clear the streets.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai civilians who live in the area of the Red Shirt camp leave through a checkpoint manned by Thai troops Sunday. The Thai government is trying to clear the area of civilians ahead of an expected military operation to end the Red Shirt protest. Elsewhere in Bangkok, Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road again Sunday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and unidentified snipers shot at pedestrians on the sidewalks. At one point Sunday the government said it was going to impose a curfew only to rescind the announcement hours later. The situation in Bangkok continues to deteriorate as protests spread beyond the area of the Red Shirts stage at Ratchaprasong Intersection. Many protests now involve people who have not been active in the Red Shirt protests and live in the area of Rama IV. Red Shirt leaders have called for a cease fire, but the government indicated that it is going to go ahead with operations to isolate the Red Shirt camp and clear the streets.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (LEFT) acknowledges a "wai" (formal greeting) at a Red Shirt barricade in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL uses a cell phone to stay in touch with Red Shirt barricades in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL uses a cell phone to stay in touch with Red Shirt barricades in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt protesters wearing a Thaksin Shinawatra mask hands a flower to an entertainer at 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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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt 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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  • 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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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt woman in a red outfit and a red wig sits under a red umbrella at 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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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protestors hold up anti-government signs Thursday, May 6. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protestors hold up anti-government signs Thursday, May 6. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt leaders, including DARUNEE KRITTABOONYALAI, a well known Thai society matron and member of the ruling elite, take the stage during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. Kritboonyalai is a so-called "HiSo" or High Society. Most of the Red Shirts are populists and members of the Thai working class and it's unusual for them to have HiSo supporters. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt leaders, including DARUNEE KRITTABOONYALAI, a well known Thai society matron and member of the ruling elite, take the stage during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. Kritboonyalai is a so-called "HiSo" or High Society. Most of the Red Shirts are populists and members of the Thai working class and it's unusual for them to have HiSo supporters. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt leaders, including DARUNEE KRITTABOONYALAI, a well known Thai society matron and member of the ruling elite, take the stage during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. Kritboonyalai is a so-called "HiSo" or High Society. Most of the Red Shirts are populists and members of the Thai working class and it's unusual for them to have HiSo supporters. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt with origami paper birds hanging from her hat during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai Red Shirt with a toy gun to protest Thai Army violence against the Red Shirts during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai Red Shirt with a toy gun to protest Thai Army violence against the Red Shirts during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai Red Shirt with a toy gun to protest Thai Army violence against the Red Shirts during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai Red Shirt with a toy gun to protest Thai Army violence against the Red Shirts during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai Red Shirt with a toy gun to protest Thai Army violence against the Red Shirts during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Thai Red Shirt holds up photos of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, current Primie Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. The man is standing in front of Central World, the Bangkok mall that was burned down during the crackdown. It reopened in 2011. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Thai Red Shirt holds up photos of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, current Primie Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. The man is standing in front of Central World, the Bangkok mall that was burned down during the crackdown. It reopened in 2011. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Red Shirt holds up a photo of ousted and exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Red Shirt vendors comb out red fright wigs to sell to Red Shirts during a rally honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army during the Red Shirt protests in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL uses a cell phone and computer to stay in touch with Red Shirt barricades in the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt protester wearing a Thaksin Shinawatra mask cheers at 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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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt women cheer and dance in Ratchaprasong intersection Thursday night. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt women cheer and dance in Ratchaprasong intersection Thursday night. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt women cheer and dance in Ratchaprasong intersection Thursday night. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protestors hold up anti-government signs Thursday, May 6. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protestors hold up anti-government signs Thursday, May 6. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt women cheer and dance in Ratchaprasong intersection Thursday night. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt leaders gather on their stage Wednesday night to honor Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony to mark Thai Coronation Day Wednesday. The Red Shirts have been accused of being anti-monarchy and their Coronation Day Ceremony was a way of countering that perception. Coronation Day honors the day the King was officially crowned on May 5, 1950. Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt leader Nattawut Saikuar makes merit by presenting an offering to a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony to mark Thai Coronation Day Wednesday. The Red Shirts have been accused of being anti-monarchy and their Coronation Day Ceremony was a way of countering that perception. Coronation Day honors the day the King was officially crowned on May 5, 1950.  Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 APRIL 2010 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt tee shirt vendor sets up his stand near the protest site in central Bangkok. The Red Shirts protest in the Ratchaprasong Shopping district, home to Bangkok's most upscale malls, is costing the Thai economy millions of Baht per day because the malls and most of the restaurants are closed and tourists are staying away from the area. But that hasn't stopped the Red Shirts who have brought their own economy with them. There are Red Shirt restaurants, food stands, souvenir vendors and more, creating a micro economy for Red Shirts in the area.  The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 APRIL 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt snapshot vendor takes pictures of people at the Red Shirt rally, then sells them prints he makes with a small Canon printer. A whole economy has sprung up around the Red Shirt camp with vendors selling everything from snacks and meals to mats (that they sit on) to fans, hats and Red Shirt souvenirs. The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 12, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt prays and presents roses to the families of Red Shirt supporters killed in Bangkok Saturday during the Red Shirt funeral procession Monday. The funeral cortege for the Red Shirts killed in the violent crackdown Saturday wound through Bangkok Monday. Thousands of mourners came out to pay respects for dead Red Shirts. 21 people, including 16 Thai civilians were killed when soldiers tried to clear the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. Thousands more came out to call for the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. Today Gen. Anupong Paojinda, the Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, reiterated that the Army would not use violence to break up the protests and joined the call for the Prime Minister to call new elections. This is the beginning of Songkran, Thai New Year's week, and the government has cancelled the official festivities fearing more violence. It was during last year's Songkan festivities that the Thai Army and police used force to break up the Red Shirt protests. That protest is now called the Songkran Riots.     Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 12, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt prays and presents roses to the families of Red Shirt supporters killed in Bangkok Saturday during the Red Shirt funeral procession Monday. The funeral cortege for the Red Shirts killed in the violent crackdown Saturday wound through Bangkok Monday. Thousands of mourners came out to pay respects for dead Red Shirts. 21 people, including 16 Thai civilians were killed when soldiers tried to clear the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. Thousands more came out to call for the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. Today Gen. Anupong Paojinda, the Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, reiterated that the Army would not use violence to break up the protests and joined the call for the Prime Minister to call new elections. This is the beginning of Songkran, Thai New Year's week, and the government has cancelled the official festivities fearing more violence. It was during last year's Songkan festivities that the Thai Army and police used force to break up the Red Shirt protests. That protest is now called the Songkran Riots.     Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt naps with his rooster on a street near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Red Shirt protestors line up for free ice cream near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Red Shirt protestors line up for free ice cream near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago.  The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Red Shirt protestors sleep in the doorway of a closed business near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt baby sleeps near a fan on a sidewalk near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand:  A rooster with a Red Shirt banner around its neck near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt protestor plays guitar with a rooster in has lap near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt protestor plays guitar with a rooster in has lap near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok Tuesday. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • Mar. 30, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt naps with his rooster on a street near the Red Shirt staging area in Bangkok. There were only a few thousand protestors at the scene Tuesday, down from 100,000 a week ago. The Thai government has asked the leaders of the Red Shirts to reduce the size of their protest as the number of protestors at the scene has declined in recent days. The Red Shirts have issued a formal answer to the request but said they have broken peace talks with the government and would intensify their protests in coming days. The Red Shirts want the government dissolved immediately, the government countered with calling new elections at the end this year, one year ahead of schedule. That was not acceptable to the Red Shirt leadership who than walked out of the talks and said no more would be held. The Red Shirts 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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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Red Shirt leader NATTAWUT SAIKUA (left) and other Red Shirt supporters pray at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Red Shirt supporter framed by Red Shirt flags at a Red Shirt rally in the Bangkok suburbs Sunday. Red Shirts and supporters of the government of Yingluck Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, gathered in a suburb of Bangkok this weekend to show support for the government. The Thai government is dealing with ongoing protests led by anti-government activists. Legal challenges filed by critics of the government could bring the government down as soon as the end of April. The Red Shirt rally this weekend was to show support for the government, which public opinion polls show still has the support of most of the electorate.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Red Shirt supporter framed by Red Shirt flags at a Red Shirt rally in the Bangkok suburbs Sunday. Red Shirts and supporters of the government of Yingluck Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, gathered in a suburb of Bangkok this weekend to show support for the government. The Thai government is dealing with ongoing protests led by anti-government activists. Legal challenges filed by critics of the government could bring the government down as soon as the end of April. The Red Shirt rally this weekend was to show support for the government, which public opinion polls show still has the support of most of the electorate.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Red Shirt with a fan with a photo of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and a photo of current Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in her hat during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Thai Red Shirt holds up photos of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, current Primie Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Red Shirt leaders take the stage during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Red Shirt leaders take the stage during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt pretends to be imprisoned by the Army during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt pretends to be imprisoned by the Army during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt representing death during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt with origami paper birds hanging from her hat during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt dances during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt dances during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Red Shirt dances during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Red Shirt holds up a photo of ousted and exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Red Shirt holds up a photo of ousted and exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Red Shirt cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Red Shirt wearing a Santa Claus hat cheers during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Thai Red Shirt marches down Rama I Road in Bangkok during a Red Shirt rally honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirts watch television as it's announced that negotiations between the Reds and the government have broken down. Many of the Red Shirts are farmers who need to return to their land to start planting their crops. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk waves a red flag in support of the Red Shirts Thursday in Ratchaprasong intersection. Red Shirt protestors in Ratchaprasong intersection, Thursday May 6, more than one month after the Reds occupied the intersection. Members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters moved their anti government protests into central Bangkok Apr. 4 when they occupied Ratchaprasong intersection, the site of Bangkok's fanciest shopping malls and several 5 star hotels. 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. This move, away from their traditional protest site in the old part of Bangkok, has gridlocked the center of the city and closed hundreds of stores and restaurants and several religious shrines. On Thursday night the Red Shirt leaders said there has been a "glitch" in the ongoing negotiations to end the standoff. Their opponents, the "Yellow Shirts" who previously supported the incumbent Prime Minister have rejected his peace plan and called for the PM to resign.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt leader Veera Musikapong makes merit by presenting an offering to a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony to mark Thai Coronation Day Wednesday. The Red Shirts have been accused of being anti-monarchy and their Coronation Day Ceremony was a way of countering that perception. Coronation Day honors the day the King was officially crowned on May 5, 1950. Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt leaders gather on their stage Wednesday night to honor Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony to mark Thai Coronation Day Wednesday. Coronation Day honors the day the King was officially crowned on May 5, 1950. Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt leader Veera Musikapong makes merit by presenting an offering to a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony to mark Thai Coronation Day Wednesday. The Red Shirts have been accused of being anti-monarchy and their Coronation Day Ceremony was a way of countering that perception. Coronation Day honors the day the King was officially crowned on May 5, 1950. Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: L to R: Red Shirt leaders Jutaporn Prompan, Nattawut Saikuar (center) and Dr. Weng Tojirakarn during the Reds' daily afternoon news briefing in their encampment in Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok Wednesday. Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: L to R: Red Shirt leaders Jutaporn Prompan, Nattawut Saikuar (center) and Dr. Weng Tojirakarn during the Reds' daily afternoon news briefing in their encampment in Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok Wednesday. Red Shirt protesters continued their actions in Bangkok Wednesday. The Red Shirts conditionally accepted the offer of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament, investigate alleged human rights violations following the violence of April 10 and call for new elections in November of this year, 18 months earlier than they are currently scheduled. They are withholding final acceptance of the so called Road Map until the Prime Minister releases more specifics on the arrangement and announces the date for the dissolution of parliament. Proposals to amend the constitution are also a sticking point. The Red Shirts want the 1997 constitution reinstated, the government and other anti-Red Shirt groups want to keep the current constitution, enacted in 2007. The Red Shirts, who started their protest on March 13, continue to call for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve parliament immediately and demand the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 APRIL 2010 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt flip flops for sale at the Red Shirt protest site in Ratchaprasong. The Red Shirts protest in the Ratchaprasong Shopping district, home to Bangkok's most upscale malls, is costing the Thai economy millions of Baht per day because the malls and most of the restaurants are closed and tourists are staying away from the area. But that hasn't stopped the Red Shirts who have brought their own economy with them. There are Red Shirt restaurants, food stands, souvenir vendors and more, creating a micro economy for Red Shirts in the area. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 APRIL 2010 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People watch DVDs of the violence against Red Shirts at a Red Shirt stand selling DVDs and sunglasses near the protest site. The Red Shirts protest in the Ratchaprasong Shopping district, home to Bangkok's most upscale malls, is costing the Thai economy millions of Baht per day because the malls and most of the restaurants are closed and tourists are staying away from the area. But that hasn't stopped the Red Shirts who have brought their own economy with them. There are Red Shirt restaurants, food stands, souvenir vendors and more, creating a micro economy for Red Shirts in the area.  The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 APRIL 2010 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People watch DVDs of the violence against Red Shirts at a Red Shirt stand selling DVDs and sunglasses near the protest site. The Red Shirts protest in the Ratchaprasong Shopping district, home to Bangkok's most upscale malls, is costing the Thai economy millions of Baht per day because the malls and most of the restaurants are closed and tourists are staying away from the area. But that hasn't stopped the Red Shirts who have brought their own economy with them. There are Red Shirt restaurants, food stands, souvenir vendors and more, creating a micro economy for Red Shirts in the area.  The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 APRIL 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt fried banana vendor makes snacks for the Red Shirts. A whole economy has sprung up around the Red Shirt camp with vendors selling everything from snacks and meals to mats (that they sit on) to fans, hats and Red Shirt souvenirs. The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 1, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt food vendor sets up next to a Red Shirt tee shirt stand in Bangkok Thursday. Fewer than 5,000 "Red Shirts," members of the UDD (National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship) continue to protest at Phan Fa Bridge in central Bangkok to demand 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.  The leaders of the Red Shirts have promised to gridlock Bangkok with another massive rally this weekend.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt supporter holds a water buffalo yoke over his head at a Red Shirt rally in Bangkok. Some Yellow Shirts call the Reds "water buffalo" as an insult and the Reds have co-opted the term and use it as a point of pride. Thousands of Thai Red Shirts, members of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), members of the ruling Pheu Thai party and supporters of the government of ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra are rallying on Aksa Road in the Bangkok suburbs. The government was ousted by a court ruling earlier in the week that deposed Yingluck because the judges said she acted unconstitutionally in a personnel matter early in her administration. Thailand now has no functioning government. Red Shirt leaders said at the rally Saturday that any attempt to impose an unelected government on Thailand could spark a civil war. This is the third consecutive popularly elected UDD supported government ousted by the courts in less than 10 years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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