<p>The CRES repeatedly urged the protesters to leave the site at Ratchaprasong before 3 pm. However, the protesters remained well beyond the deadline at Ratchaprasong despite the government's threat. They sang and danced in expression of their courage, under the sky patrolled by government's helicopters.</p>

<p>Journalists covering the renewed clashes between Thailand's security forces and the anti-government Red Shirt protesters have found themselves literally caught in the crossfire.</p> <p>SEAPA maintains its stand that the violence directed against the media in Thailand is indefensible. These attacks will victimize not only the press, but also the Thai public in general, which both<br /> need free media, unintimidated journalists, and a healthy environment for news, commentary, and information to help understand and determine their options especially in these days of crisis.</p>

<p>The Thai Government Announced that it will start crackdown of demonstrations at 3PM Today in Bangkok. This is the Statement of IUSY Asia Pacific Committee. Stop Political Killings Now!</p>

<p>Red-shirts leaders ask parents to take children to a safe area. To leave or stay at the site is a free choice.</p>

<p>[N.B The article was first published on the writer&rsquo;s Facebook account on May, 11,02.20am. He has granted Prachatai the permission to reproduce it here.]&nbsp;</p> <p>[This note is rewritten from a draft I hurriedly wrote on May 10, and read out on that same day at a commemorative event held in front of the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, one month after the crackdown on April 10, 2010. The students organising the event had invited me to attend as the editor of Fah Diew Kan journal, and someone who was there on April 10. However, I asked to speak instead as alumni of the university, and to tell a story of Khun Kaneung Chatthae, a Chula staff who lost his life at the demonstration ground on April 10. I would like to respectfully refer to him here as Brother Kaneung.]</p>

<p>At least 14 injured and dead remain at Rajprarop, rescue volunteers say.&nbsp;</p>

<p>1. In brief, since 13 May, the government has launched the so called &ldquo;Operation Ratchaprasong&rdquo;. Basically, all utilities feeding the area (electricity, tap water and even mobile phone signal have already been cut or jammed). Checkpoints have been set up in the perimeter around the area for about five square kilometers to exclusively block any group/individual from entering the protesting site and even to prevent the transportation of food and water inside the rally site.</p>

<p>On 15 May, Anan Sirikulwanich, a red shirt who was shot in the throat by an M16 during the 10 April clash, died at Central Hospital. &nbsp; His body is now at Phlab Phla Chai Temple, Pavilion 4, and the cremation ceremony will be held on Tuesday 18 May.</p> <p class="rteleft">He is survived by his wife and a daughter who is studying Matthayom 6, or the last year of high school.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An amateur photographer posted 5 pictures on his Facebook page. The first picture was published around 10.30 am, entitled &ldquo;A dead body in front of my house&rdquo;. He then captioned the picture &ldquo;What should I feel when I wake up one day with the dead bodies of Thais in front of my house?&rdquo;</p>

<p>03:20 <br /> INN reported that the emergency team of Vachira Hospital managed to resuscitate 2 civilians shot in the Soi Rangnam area (in central Bangkok near Ratchaprorop/ Ratchaprasong).</p> <p>Government soldiers are strictly prohibiting vehicles passing into and out of the Soi Rangnam area. Therefore some of the victims could not be removed for treatment .</p>

<p>New Delhi: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its Press Release stated that General Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 59, better known as Seh Daeng has been shot at and seriously injured along with two others in the firing by the Army on the Red Shirts demonstrators today evening. The 11th Regiment of the Thai Army launched &ldquo;Operation Ratchaprasong&rdquo; at 6 pm Bangkok Time to disperse the Red Shirts protestors who have been camping at Ratchaprasong, Bangkok since 14 March 2010.</p>

<p>The Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation has ordered the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology to close 612 &lsquo;subversive&rsquo; websites, most of which broadcast the red shirts&rsquo; rally.</p>