(28 Apr 2011) HEADLINE
Raw Video: Thai "Red Shirts" mark deadly anniversary
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Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" movement on Sunday held a peaceful rally marking the anniversary of a street clash with the army a year ago that left 25 people dead. (April 10)
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Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" movement on Sunday held a peaceful rally marking the anniversary of a street clash with the army a year ago that left 25 people dead.
The rally, held at the same place as last year's clash, also amounted to a pre-campaign rally for Red Shirt supporters ahead of general elections that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has pledged will be held by early July.
Twenty civilians, including a Japanese cameraman for the Reuters news agency, and five members of the security forces, including an army colonel, were killed when soldiers attempted to clear a Red Shirt rally site in the clashes a year ago.
The soldiers became bogged down as night fell and were attacked by protesters supported by gunmen dressed in black whose weapons included M79 grenade launchers.
In February, this year, Thailand's Department of Special Investigation said that a Reuters cameraman killed during political protests in Bangkok last year does not appear to have been shot by security forces, a reversal from preliminary findings.
Speaking at Sunday's anniversary rally, a Red Shirt leader maintained the cameraman was killed by a bullet from the military side.
Red Shirt leaders vowed to seek justice for those killed, injured and detained during last year's unrest.
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SHOTLIST
April 10, 2011
1. Wide of Thai anti-government 'RedShirt' protesters gathered in downtown Bangkok near the Democracy Monument, during a peaceful protest to mark the 1st anniversary of street clashes between RedShirts and government forces a year ago, that killed dozens of people
2. Mid of two protesters holding a placard showing an animated character crying
3. Protesters shouting and claiming the government was responsible for the deaths that occurred during street clashes last year
4. Wide pan across protest leaders standing in front of Democracy Monument
5. Mid of protest leaders gathered on stage
6. Close-up of one protest leader addressing crowd UPSOUND (Thai) : "We will have 100,000 candles lit tonight in memory of those who were killed to remind us that those who have survived will move forward and will find justice for the heroes."
7. Pan of protesters listening to speech
8. Close-up of protester clapping her hands
9. Mid of protesters gathered
10. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Jatuporn Prompan, Thai RedShirt protest leader:
"And they (the government agency) still want another year to investigate the incident. But we all know what happened. It was the RedShirt protesters who carried the body of Hiro (a Reuters cameraman killed in the clashes) which means the bullet came from the military's side."
FILE: April 10, 2010
11. Thai troops walking into the street, some firing shots into the air
12. RedShirt protesters standing throwing rocks and other projectiles toward soldiers
13. Thai soldiers firing rubber bullets
14. Thai soldiers on top of the tank firing shots into the air as they are surrounded by protesters
15. Thai soldiers retreating, some dragging away unconscious soldiers by pulling on their uniforms
April 10, 2011
16. Wide of photos of RedShirts protesters who died last year lined up on display
17. Mid of a man placing garlands around the photos
18. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Sangwan Suthisane, woman widowed after her husband was killed in anti-government clashes last year:
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