Why Was the 2006 Thai Coup D’état Launched Against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and His Government?

They were also arrested. (Auerbach 1688) That's all it took for this riot to come into play, a few people unhappy about the way the police handled the situation. The next thing you know its a few thousand unhappy people.

non-violent protests that caused the government to get into action as a result of failure of court

Aided by the regime’s increasingly repressive character, the guerrillas were able to achieve a broad political-military front that combined strikes, street demonstrations, and political pressures with veteran guerrilla fighters and hundreds of new recruits. The dictatorship fell on July 19, 1979”

When Society does not agree with a new policy that the Government put into place, it normally results in protests near Governmental Buildings with signs criticising the work of Government. However, protests are both

The Overthrow was when the United State troops illegally went on Hawaiian soil and brought 14,000 rounds of ammunition, which resulted in the Hawaii losing control of their country. The U.S minister, Stevens was responsible for illegally surrounding the palace and for threatening to kill the Queen and destroy the palace if not signing a contract to abdicate her from the throne. The overthrow was unjustified because the Annexationists accused Queen Lili‘uokalani of plotting against the government because she wanted to write a new constitution. The reason the Annexationists found out was because the Queen told the cabinet her plan to change the constitution, which resulted in a leak of information.

Protest have been used throughout our nation’s history in order to reform or implement the ideas that seem just to our nation’s people. The history of protest in America would mainly be because of the government, either the government would be at war or it would be legalizing and denying laws people just don’t like. Nowadays there are laws that have established Americans’ right to protest. As indicated by the article, Amending the Protest Law ”On January the Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee approved government-drafted changes to the protest law (law no.107/2013) following a Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) verdict on 3 December requiring the Interior Ministry to seek a judicial order before banning any

According to the Declaration, under what circumstances are people justified in overthrowing their government? (The Thirteen Colonies Declare their Freedom, P. 168)

In 2010, A coup was attempted by supporters of the ousted president. This followed the first election under the new constitution which didn’t give an outright winner. In 2011, there was a peaceful election that resulted in the winner having sixty percent of the vote. Since 2012, there has been a lot of issues such as political corruption, suicide bombings, and state treason. They do have another election in October 2017.

On June 5, 1989, soldiers and tanks from China's People’s Liberation Army physically oppressed the student led protesters. The events surrounding this day are referred to as the Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989, a democracy movement calling for political and social reforms in the Republic of China. The deaths that occurred as a consequence of the Tiananmen Square Protest was not the fault of the students, but rather, the disastrous situation of China beforehand, the common belief that demonstrations would succeed, and the government’s obstinate decisions.

On June 12, 2009, a series of protests broke out after the results of the presidential election in Iran. The riots started in the capital city of Tehran, and quickly spread throughout the Islamic Republic. Protestors gathered in other major cities around the world, including New York City (Mackey). Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Iranians were protesting against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection, which was allegedly the result of electoral fraud.

In a 1969 anti war protest, it was believed to be the largest protest staged. The people were there to protest against the Vietnam war. They were protesting against the government having to draft their boys to the war. The protests kept going even after the invasion of cambodia and the killing of four protesters.

Reason to listen- Living in Thailand, these issues rarely occur nowadays in Thailand, but in the past 80 years, according to OBEC there were 13 times of coup happening in Thailand whereby some of them almost led to civil war. Therefore, we cannot fully say that it would not happen again, which makes this topic really relevant for us, as Thai citizens, to listen to this speech . in order to gain some knowledge and to be well aware of civil war.

The country of Thailand is an emerging nation in the globalized world. Over the past two decades, the country has experienced a multitude of changes in the political, economic and international arenas. As a nation, it has survived the economic crisis of 1997, the tsunami of 2004, the government coup in 2006, the flooding of 2011 and is preparing for a change in the views of the nation with the demise of their king. The AIDS explosion in the late eighties and early nineties seems to have targeted the country and the sex industry placing Thailand on the map for many of the wrong reasons. As Thailand continues to confront its own

Thailand is, an independent country, located in southwest Asia and is considered a tropical country. The capital is Bangkok and is also the largest city within Thailand. It is the 51th largest country in the world with a surface area of 513,000 km2 (198,000 sq mi). “In the Thai language, the full name of the city is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. The lengthy name is usually shortened to "Krung Thep Mahanakorn," or "Krung Thep", which means "City of Angels".” Within Thailand there are 63 million people making Thailand

Why would such a highly developed government that has been politically stable for almost forty years give authority to those who seek primarily personal gain rather than an overall benefit for their country, leading to the country’s first military coup d’etat? This question, along with many others, cannot simply be answered with a brief explanation. It takes extensive research. Still one may never know the true reasons to why there was such chaos. However, with some quality intuition, a few hypotheses can be made. First, the exploration of whom and what gave prior-coup Côte d'Ivoire their overall prosperity will be discussed. Then, the question of why this crisis occurred will be discussed. Finally, this paper will elaborate what events give basis to certain theories behind why the coup occurred.