Justice for the dead, amnesty for the living

Some considerable social media posting has highlighted the long 15 years since the Abhisit Vejjajiva regime loosed the military on red shirt protesters. Demands for justice and amnesty continue to go unheard.

Peoples dispatch reports that on:

…April 10, scores of people gathered at different places in Bangkok, Thailand to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the April-May killings of pro-democracy protesters by the security forces. The gatherings demanded justice for the people who were killed during the protests and amnesty for all peaceful political expressions in the country.

For those who have forgotten, it was in April and then in May 2010 that scores of red shirt protesters led by the then pro-Thaksin Shinawatra United Front for the Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) were killed and hundreds injured, mostly in actions by the Army and approved by then Prime Minister Abhisit and his military-backed government.

Those who came together to remember also “expressed their support for bills being discussed in the Thai parliament now proposing amnesty for all peaceful political expressions in the country.” They also called for reform to the lese majeste law.

They expressed “determination to keep their fight for justice for the victims of April-May and extended their support to the amnesty bills in the parliament…”. They called for “justice for the dead, amnesty for the living.”

The Workers’ Union reiterated its call for “accountability in the killings of pro-democracy protesters,” lamenting: “It’s been 15 years, and we are still demanding justice…”.