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December 12, 2013 06:09 am GMT

Rallies, Riot Police and a Sea of People: The Bangkok Protest in Photos

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Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand, over the past weeks, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

This most recent round of protests stem from an amnesty bill — introduced in August and amended in November — that would allow for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck's older brother, to re-enter the country without going to jail.

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Thaksin has been in self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom since 2008. He fled to avoid corruption charges two years after he was removed from government in a bloodless coup, and has since been sentenced to two years in prison. News of the bill awakened deep-seated mistrust in the government, resulting in riots that have left five dead and hundreds injured. Read more...

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