<p>Some red-shirt radio stations have continued broadcasting despite orders nearly a week ago to censor and shut them down, thanks to loyal listeners, sympathisers and supportive communities coming to their defence. </p>

<p><em>(A shortened version by Prachatai English)</em></p> <p>After the Saturday clashes, the red shirts are confident that they have gained the upper hand over the government; so they do not bother to negotiate or give a thought for the common good.&nbsp; They have only one goal: seizing the country, changing the form of government and overthrowing the monarchy.</p>

<p>Anger, anxiety and fearless defiance filled the air as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters at the Rajprasong intersection geared up for an all-out battle with the government's security forces.</p> <p>They learned in the early afternoon that their fellow protesters had clashed with soldiers at the other main protest site along Rajdamnoen Avenue and Phan Fa Bridge. By early evening, at least 83 had been injured.</p>

<p>A Japanese journalist working for Reuters was killed while a&nbsp;freelance photographer was injured when Red Shirt protesters and&nbsp;police-military units battled in Bangkok on 10 April 2010, media&nbsp;reports said.</p> <p>Reuters said its TV cameraman, Hiro Muramoto, 43 years old, died&nbsp;from a bullet wound in the chest. He was pronounced dead on arrival&nbsp;at Klang Hospital in Bangkok.</p>

<p>ASTV-Manager has resigned from the board of the Thai Journalist Association in protest after the media body released a statement opposing the government&rsquo;s closure of the red shirt People Channel or PTV. &nbsp;Its representative said the red-shirt TV should be closed because it is not loyal to the monarchy, unlike ASTV which adheres to what is right and just.</p>

<p>Red-shirt media and those identified as sympathetic to red-shirt protesters suffered heavy censorship yesterday as the government exercised its power under the emergency decree to cut communication lines among the red shirts, leaving society with only what the state views as correct and appropriate.</p> <p>It was a bid to reduce the crowd - but it invited more red shirts to the main protest venue at Rajprasong intersection and elsewhere.</p>

<p>Chulalongkorn Network in Honour of Morality-led Democracy has sent an e-mail urging people to join its rally at Chatuchak Park; any shirt colour will do, except red.&nbsp; A group of NGOs has released a statement to oppose a House dissolution, and urge the government to solve their problems first.&nbsp; Key persons of both groups have been active supporters of the PAD.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>No crackdown plan, says PM; police wanted to warn about Security Act</p> <p>The deployment of riot police and soldiers to close in on the dwindling red shirts at Rajprasong Intersection yesterday morning led to a rapid and massive reinforcement of crowds.</p> <p class="rtecenter"> <object width="430" height="258.67"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Piy4PkaHgfE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Piy4PkaHgfE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="450" height="270.07"></embed></object></p>

<p>The conflict today is partly the result of the atrocious media, esp TV. The government's &quot;interference&quot; is not the only reason to blame. It is bad enough that the government have the full control of one TV channel with outcries only from a fraction of media professionals and none from media professional bodies. But the media professionals at major newspapers and other TV channels including the ThaiPBS do it out of their own biases and horrible lack of professionalism. The government may take some minutes to tell a lie live on air.</p>

<p>New Politics Party Secretary-General and PAD spokesperson Suriyasai Katasila says the red shirts&rsquo; protests at Rajprasong cause damage to the economy and society, and cannot be compared with the PAD protests which were justified. &nbsp;Calling on Abhisit to take legal action, he is concerned that Bangkokians will take things into their own hands.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Police have arrested the webmaster of a pro-red shirt website for committing l&egrave;se majest&eacute;, and will make more arrests.</p>

<p>The Research Centre of Bangkok University has found that 45.6% of Bangkokians have no hope of an improved political situation after the two rounds of talks between the government and the red-shirt leaders. &nbsp;They give Abhisit 6.09 out of 10 points for his performance as Prime Minister in handling the protests.</p>