Read more Thaksin Shinawatra stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9226/thaksin-shinawatra.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:41:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68001/thai-activist-gets-18-years-for-insulting-monarchy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA supporter of Thailand's exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced to 18 years in prison for insulting the monarchy in what free speech campaigners describe as a severe attack on political dissent, Reuters reports. The 46-year-old woman was arrested last year after a fiery speech denouncing the 2006...http://www.newser.com/story/68001/thai-activist-gets-18-years-for-insulting-monarchy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 5:41:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60077/thai-protesters-form-new-political-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe yellow-shirted protest movement that brought down two Thai governments voted to become a formal political party yesterday, adding a new force to the country's already volatile political system. The People's Alliance for Democracy, which draws support from the country's middle class and is opposed to exiled PM Thaksin Shinawatra,...http://www.newser.com/story/60077/thai-protesters-form-new-political-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 6:33:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56417/gunmen-attack-thai-protest-leader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement that shut down Bangkok airports last year was shot and wounded today in an attack that his supporters called politically motivated. Police say at least two men in a pickup truck ambushed Sondhi Limthongkul's car as he was being driven to work,...http://www.newser.com/story/56417/gunmen-attack-thai-protest-leader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 1:48:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56114/thai-protests-break-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnti-government protesters have begun to disperse in Bangkok following orders from their leaders, the BBC reports. Thousands of protesters have ended their 3-week siege of the country's seat of government and some protest leaders have surrendered to authorities. After two deaths yesterday, leaders say they urged their followers to leave...http://www.newser.com/story/56114/thai-protests-break-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 3:06:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56025/thai-army-battles-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDozens of people were injured today as the Thai military moved to crush protests causing chaos in Bangkok. Soldiers opened fire at demonstrators who had taken control of a major junction and set fire to a bus they had commandeered. Most aimed over the protesters' heads but some fired live...http://www.newser.com/story/56025/thai-army-battles-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 6:16:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55995/thais-keep-protesting-as-ousted-pm-calls-for-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnti-government protesters ignored Thailand’s state of emergency by the thousands today while former PM Thaksin Shinawatra called on them “to come out in revolution,” the New York Times reports. In defiance of a ban on gatherings of more than five people in Bangkok, demonstrators rallied outside the current prime minister’s...http://www.newser.com/story/55995/thais-keep-protesting-as-ousted-pm-calls-for-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Apr 2009 15:39:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55867/thai-protesters-disrupt-asian-summit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of demonstrators in the Thai tourist town of Pattaya blocked the entrance to the building hosting an East Asian summit meeting today, giving foreign leaders a firsthand look at the country’s political schism. Economic concerns weighed heavily with the protesters, most supporters of ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra; one told...http://www.newser.com/story/55867/thai-protesters-disrupt-asian-summit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 10:22:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55603/protesters-swarm-bangkok.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe political protests in Thailand continued to rage as some 30,000 red-shirted supporters of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra thronged the main government offices in Bangkok, where fellow protesters have staged a sit-in for the past two weeks. Thousands more are expected for a “D-Day” push to force...http://www.newser.com/story/55603/protesters-swarm-bangkok.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 5:06:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54435/economy-spurs-renewed-thai-protests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 20,000 supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded the Thai prime minister's office today to demand the resignation of the government and new elections. The latest mass protest in Bangkok began shortly after the government of PM Abhisit Vejjajiva began doling out $55 checks to millions of Thais to...http://www.newser.com/story/54435/economy-spurs-renewed-thai-protests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 7:48:22 CDT