Charles Fox Photographer

The Red Shirts stage one of their bi-monthly demonstrations, held on the 10th and the 19th of each month in an attempt to secure the release of their leaders currently held by Thailand’s authorities. The current protests mark the end of the two-month occupation in April and May 2010 of large parts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok. The protests which where calling for fresh elections saw clashes between the authorities and the protesters in which over 90 people died. The “Red Shirt ” protesters are loyal to the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was ousted in a military coup in 2006.

There is a story from the protests earlier this year in the latest stories gallery.

19-12-10: Red Shirt protester punches the air in Bangkok, Thailand.

19-12-10: Red Shirt protesters arrive on the back of a pickup truck.

19-12-10: Red Shirt protester in Bangkok, Thailand, holds a portrait of Khattiya Sawasdipol who was shot on the 13th May at the intersection of Sala Daeng train station, he later died on the 17th of May 2010. Khattiya was suspended from his post as Major General of The Royal Thai Army after an inquest found him to be a supporter of the Red Shirts.

19-12-10: The Red Shirts stage their bi-monthly demonstrations, held on the 10th and the 19th of each month.

19-12-10: Red Shirt protesters in Bangkok, Thailand hang red paper birds as a mark of freedom.The protests are a call to release the Red Shirt leaders currently held by Thailand’s authorities after the protests in April and May 2010.

9-12-10: Red Shirt protesters in Bangkok, Thailand, with the silhouette of paper birds made by the  protesters as a mark of freedom.