According to a report in Prachatai, a popular Thai newspaper, a woman was arrested at freedom bike ride by United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship supporters (popularly known as the Red Shirts) in Thailand鈥檚 historic city of Ayutthaya for selling slippers with Thailand鈥檚 military-installed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva鈥檚 face on them. The slippers were printed with the message, 鈥淧eople died at Ratchaprasong鈥 鈥 referring to the May 19 military massacre against the Red Shirts鈥 mass protest camp in Bangkok.
United Front for Democracy
Thousands of Red Shirt supporters rallied at a concert in the Thailand seaside resort city of Pattaya on September 4, in what was one the biggest mobilisations since the military bloodily dispersed their mass protest camp in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, killing 91 and injuring thousands more.
The following statement was released by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the organisation of the 鈥淩ed Shirts鈥, on May 6. It is abridged from .
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UDD leaders have again debunked speculation that the Red Shirt rally at Ratchaprasong will soon be packing up and the protesters returning home.