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Govt disperses “The People’s Party 2020” rally, arrests leaders

October 15, 2020October 26, 2020

Photos by Suphaphorn Tumprakon Early this morning at about 4:30 a.m., a group of around 500 crowd-control officers with shields and body armor broke up a group of about 1,000 protesters demonstrating on the street next to Government House. It took the police just one hour to take control of the area where they also […]

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Civil rights groups urge release of Khon Kaen man held at mental hospital

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

A Khon Kaen man was admitted against his will at a mental hospital after he posted online photos of himself in a shirt with the slogan “I lost faith in the institution of the monarchy.” Questioning the legal grounds for the forced admission, activists and civil rights groups are calling for his immediate release.

Features

Remembrances of Red Trauma (14) – Burning for democracy

May 28, 2020June 20, 2020

He was a Red Shirt teenager. In May 2010, he threw a molotov cocktail, contributing to the burning down the Udon Thani provincial hall. He served six years for his crime. Though disappointed with the movement, he still believes democracy is worth fighting for.

Features

Remembrances of Red Trauma (8) – Not all cages exist behind bars: A political prisoner’s life after release

May 14, 2020June 9, 2020

Somsak Prasansap is one of many who say they were wrongfully convicted for the burning of provincial halls in Isaan in May 2010. Since his release, the 59-year-old is struggling to stitch his life back together.

Features

Remembrances of Red Trauma (7) – Letters from political prisoners

May 10, 2020June 9, 2020

For over nine years Teerapon Anmai and his academic friends who set up a fund to help the families of political prisoners have been receiving letters from prisoners detailing their hardships and sharing their thoughts.

Features

Remembrances of Red Trauma (6) – No port in a storm: a political prisoner’s life

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

What happened to those persecuted for the burnings of provincial halls in Isaan in May 2010? We talked to Somsak Prasansap whose life fell apart after he was arrested and charged with arson of the Udon Thani provincial hall.

Opinion

Remembrances of Red Trauma (5) – Recollections of a reporter : Bloody April – May 2010

May 6, 2020June 9, 2020

“I can still remember that heavy smell of blood wafting through the air, as the dead bodies of the protesters were being piled together up on the UDD stage, together with the weapons they managed to prise from the hands of soldiers. I can’t forget it,” writes a news reporter who covered the bloody events of April-May 2010.

Opinion

Remembrances of Red Trauma (4) – The lingering violence of Bloody May 2010

May 4, 2020June 9, 2020

Ten years have passed since the killings of Bloody May, yet those responsible are still walking free and blameless in the eyes of the law. Out of the 94 killed, 26 were from Isaan. Today, justice is still waiting to be served, writes Wirawat Somnuek.

Culture

Remembrances of Red Trauma (3) – The Northeast

May 3, 2020August 17, 2020

The short story "The Northeast" by Isaan writer Tee Anmai links memories of war with the deadly crackdown on protesters in April-May 2010.

Features

Remembrances of Red Trauma (1) – Ten years after April-May 2010

May 1, 2020June 20, 2020

Ten years after the bloody crackdown on protesters in April-May 2010, the traumatic events are still haunting families of those killed, injured or locked away, and all the others who had watched from afar in disbelief. The Isaan Record revisits the event and its aftermath through a series of articles, interviews, short stories and videos.

Interviews

Sombat Boonngamanong: The Red Shirts are not dead, just wait for the “rain”

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

Prominent political activist and founder of the satirical Kian Party Sombat Boonngamanong talks about his live after the military coup in 2014 and the fate of the Red Shirt movement.

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