Police officers are barricading Thewakam Rangrak Bridge to stop the demonstrators from reaching Government House. Situation is tense, with protesters shouting at cops to make way. #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563
Police set up a new line of barricades after demonstrators manage to cross Thewakam Rangrak Bridge. They are now mere several hundreds of meter away from their intended target: Government House. #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563#Thailand#KE
Protest frontline guards sit and wait on Nakhon Sawan Road as the leading activists negotiate with the police and decide what to do next. #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563#Thailand#KE
No immediate estimate on how many demonstrators join the march, but we'll let you have your own guess based on our photos of the protest. #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563#Thailand#KE
Latest reports from Nakhon Sawan Road say police are still blocking the route to Government House with police buses and metal barriers. Will the barricades succeed in stopping the protesters? #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563#Thailand#KE
Police are observing the demonstration from their position behind barbed wires and concrete barriers. It is unclear if the protest leaders will insist on reaching Government House. #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563#Thailand#KE
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The announcement is a massive "เท" (flake) to hundreds of police deployed at Ratchaprasong Intersection to deter the protest. Smh at millennials and Gen-Z kids these days. #Thailand#KE#16ตุลาไปแยกปทุมวัน#whatshappeninginthailand
The intersection usually crowded with shoppers and office workers is now deserted, except for the swarms of security officers and police vehicles who have descended on the area. facebook.com/KhaosodEnglish…
Not immediately clear what business police officers have with the Progressive Party Movement. Building staff have asked the officers to wait until Piyabutr finishes his news conference before entering the office. #16ตุลาไปราชประสงค์#whatshappeninginthailand#คณะก้าวหน้า
A police officer now cites the Emergency Decree to search the Progressive Party Movement's headquarters and look for "illegal material," without specifying what contents are believed to be inside the office. #16ตุลาไปราชประสงค์#whatshappeninginthailand#คณะก้าวหน้า
BREAKING: Police push back anti-government protesters from the BTS Skywalk over Ratchaprasong Intersection. The officers said the area is closed due to the new emergency decree #15ตุลาไปราชประสงค์#Thailand#KE
The protesters are now cleared from the skywalk. Some are gathering in front of CentralWorld shopping mall to wait for the official start of the rally at 4pm. #15ตุลาไปราชประสงค์#Thailand#KE
Demonstrators are now taking to the road close to Ratchaprasong Intersection in defiance of the emergency decree. #15ตุลาไปราชประสงค์#Thailand#KE
Photos of the demonstrators passing through Nang Loeng Intersection on their march to Government House earlier today. #ม๊อบ14ตุลา#คณะราษฎร2563#Thailand#KE