{"id":67163,"date":"2014-02-01T14:48:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T10:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=67163"},"modified":"2014-02-01T14:48:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T10:48:04","slug":"election-tensions-in-thailand-as-protesters-vow-to-keep-up-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=67163","title":{"rendered":"Election tensions in Thailand as protesters vow to keep up pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/thailand-bangkok-protests.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67160 alignleft\" alt=\"thailand-bangkok-protests\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/thailand-bangkok-protests.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Thai anti-government demonstrators say they will keep up protests in Bangkok ahead of a controversial national election in a nation gripped by a bitter, protracted political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters have been campaigning for months against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, fueling unrest that has left 10 people dead and hundreds more wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have tightened security ahead of the vote Sunday, with 10,000 security personnel on standby.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the anti-government demonstrators have blocked candidate registrations and early voting in parts of Bangkok and southern Thailand, the regions from which they draw their support.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the bursts of violence, Thai authorities declared a state of emergency last week, giving extra powers to security forces and drawing criticism from human rights advocates.<\/p>\n<p>But the government says it has no plans to use force against protesters, who plan to hold marches in central Bangkok on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The protest leaders say they want as many of their supporters as possible to join them Sunday in the streets of Bangkok for what they describe as a &#8220;picnic&#8221; that they hope will shut down the city on the day of the election.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai anti-government demonstrators say they will keep up protests in Bangkok ahead of a controversial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}