Today, the 19th of May marks an important day for Thailand as well as for me. Exactly one year ago the military cracked down on the Red Shirt Anti-government Protesters. I covered the event all day and saw many people dead, injured or filled with sadness. It was a long struggle – but where are we now? (more…)

Aljazeeras full length recap of Thailands political struggle and the violent clashes. It is featuring great interviews and in depth details about the incidents during the crackdown. Also including some of my video footage.

Most people in Bangkok are calming down. Especially the last two days including the cleaning process by soldiers and citizens give the impression that Bangkok regained its safety – But is this the end of conflict?
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I just came back from Hospital and carrying some new metal in my right arm. Unfortunately my broken bones from the gunshot during the protests grew back together in a wrong way – so I had to do surgery on Friday.
Everything went well but I had a lot of pain afterwards. It was a good decision to stay there for a few days because they supplied me with this heaven-like morphine injections. It was also very nice to meet Thansarut. A redshirt protester who was lying next to me. I did this interview with him yesterday…

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It has been over month that the red shirt protesters entered the streets of Bangkok to fight for a house dissolution and a new election. Whats going on right now and is Thailand facing a civil war?

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At the moment I just have one working arm/hand to write which is quite annoying, but here are some Pics and Video Footage I took today at the heavy clashes between protesters and the police! Unfortunately I got shot and broke my right arm…

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Check out a Inside Story from AlJazeera about the current situation and also some background information about the last years.

Lots of news about the protests! Will update this post in the evening, please check my Twitter for updates and pictures at the military base and around Phahol Yothin Road.

The first groups of the red shirts settling down in the center of Bangkok. I went from Lak Si to the inner city and took some pictures and interviews. At the moment around 100.000 confirmed protesters (The Nation) entered the city.

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(photo: In front of my apartment at Lat Phrao Road)

In the next days (starting today) over one million demonstrators are expected in Bangkoks streets (Why?). These demonstrations were postponed several times, but today it looks like its happening. New Government laws were made to secure everything and force the red shirts for a quiet and non violent demonstration.  Some people also expect a coup and difficult situations near the Government buildings. Lets see how its gonna be…

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