Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT
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What are the implications of these protests and what does it mean for Thai politics and the future of the country? How should journalists, Thai and foreign media, cover these fast-moving political developments? Join us at the FCCT this Thursday or watch via Facebook LIVE.
การประท้วงดังกล่าวมีผลกระทบและความหมายอย่างไรต่อการเมืองไทยและอนาคตของประเทศ? นักข่าวสื่อมวลชนไทยและต่างประเทศควรทำอย่างไรเมื่อครอบคลุมสถานการ์ณการเมืองที่เคลื่อนไหวอย่างรวดเร็ว? มาร่วมฟังเสวนาที่ FCCT วันพฤหัสบดีนี้ หรือ รับชมจากที่บ้านผ่าน Facebook LIVE ของเรา
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Student-led protests and Thai politics of 2020: Where is it all heading?
Student-led pro-democracy rallies have been taking place across Thailand after the first large demonstration since the Covid-19 lockdown took place in Bangkok on July 18. Building on momentum after the dissolution of the Future Forward Party in February and the gathering pace of protests, the student-led political movement has refined its messages in recent weeks, reaching out across society and rebranding #FreeYouth to #FreePeople.
Initially, the student activists demanded three things from the government: 1. Halt intimidation of activists and critics; 2. Re-write the military-backed constitution; and 3. Dissolve parliament and hold new elections. As the protests broadened, the student-led movement strengthened its statement, ruling out military coups and “unity” or “grand coalition governments” as two possible “short cuts” to their demands.
In an unprecedented step by any Thai political movement in modern times, key student groups raised the stakes even further in early August by openly calling for reform of the country’s monarchy and presenting a 10-point proposal aimed at accountability.
What are the implications of these protests and what does it mean for Thai politics and the future of the country? How should journalists and analysts, Thai and foreign, cover these fast-moving political developments?
Joining us for this important discussion are panelists including:
Tattep Ruangprapaikitseree, Secretary-General of the Free Youth Movement – the group at the forefront of the July 18 protest
Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa: activist, former detainee (jailed on lese majeste charges in 2017) and core leader of Dao Din Group
Noppatjak Attanon, chief editor, workpointTODAY
Chris Baker, historian and writer
Thapanee Eadsrichai, veteran journalist from Channel 3 and “The Reporters”
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Major turnout at @FCCThai with a discussion on the ongoing #Thailand pro-democracy/anti-government protests. One of the key organizers of the protests @fordtattepRuang is speaking while others arrested earlier today still making their way from court to the event. #ประเทศกูมี pic.twitter.com/kCnAMkRzS6
— May Wong (@MayWongCNA) August 20, 2020
Let's stop being surprised that the youth of Thailand are awakening and rising up. There's no "culture of deference" that can withstand the desire to live free, to demand dignity, and to have their votes count. https://t.co/F39sGpsTwV
— Robert Amsterdam (@robertamsterdam) August 19, 2020
