The weeks of popular protests by thousands of red-shirted demonstrators in the centre of Bangkok reached a critical stage on the late Saturday evening of 10 April 2010. At that point, Thailand's state-security forces began a crackdown against those who had gathered under the banner of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD). A longstanding political crisis that has divided Thais into bitterly opposed camps has now become a national tragedy.
The immediate crisis had been escalating since mid-March 2010, when tens of thousands of members of the increasingly heterogeneous UDD began their takeover of the streets of Bangkok. Read More at http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2877093.htm
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Here is another article from the LA times
Thailand declares state of emergency amid protests
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva makes the announcement after demonstrators break into the parliament building, sending lawmakers fleeing.
April 07, 2010|By Mark Magnier
Reporting from Phnom Penh, Cambodia — After weeks of demonstrations that saw glitzy shopping malls blocked, blood splattered on the prime minister's residence and tourism dented, Thailand's leader on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, handing the army broad power to restore order.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made the move after anti-government protesters broke into the parliament building, leading some lawmakers to make a rooftop escape aboard a Black Hawk helicopter as other parliament members scaled compound walls.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/07/world/la-fg-thailand-protests8-2010apr08
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