Hej
Så här hanterades pressfriheten och media som TV och radio efter kuppen, och jämfört med detta så känns rödskjortornas agerande med ett överlämnande av ett brev som ett framsteg demokratiskt, så här beskrev CPJ det inträffade 2008..
Committee to Protect Journalists
330 7th Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
"On November 26, PAD protesters fired shots and threw grenades at pro-government Taxi Radio. Two people were injured. Two days later, PAD supporters attacked a photographer with the Thai-language newspaper Thai Rath as he was photographing violence at Don Mueang Domestic Airport, one of those taken over by demonstrators. On November 30, a Truevisions television news vehicle came under fire from guards apparently sympathetic to PAD at Don Mueang airport. No one was injured in the attack, which PAD co-leader Amorn Amornratananont called a misunderstanding. On the same day, however, PAD spokeswoman Anchalee Paireerak threatened to have demonstrators surround the offices of Channel 3 television in retaliation for perceived bias, according to the newspaper Matichon.
Attacks on the media began as the unrest swelled in August. Armed with crude weapons and wearing masks, PAD protesters seized the state-run television station National Broadcasting of Thailand (NBT), temporarily forcing it off the air on August 26. The PAD also raided four government ministries and occupied Government House, the seat of government. The protesters attempted to force NBT’s managers to air news from ASTV by taking staff members hostage and cutting the station’s electricity. The Thai Journalist Association and the Thai Broadcasting Journalist Association released a statement condemning the takeover, saying it “threatened the rights and freedom of media.”
Mvh Isan Lover
http://www.cpj.org/2009/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2008-Thailand.php