Protest – Page 2 – Tom Vater

Life, Death and Game Shows in Bangkok

May 15, 2010July 19, 2012tom1 Comment

My friend’s wife Puk just gave birth to her second child, a son. His name is Duncan. Duncan was born in Vajira Hospital, the same clinic major general ‘Sae Daeng’ Khattiya, one of the most divisive figures in Thailand’s political crisis, now lies in, after being shot in the head by a sniper two days […]

Bangkok Dangerous

May 13, 2010May 20, 2010tom1 Comment

It´s not easy to write about war. Harder still to write about war at home. Bangkok is my home and tonight, parts of the city were on the verge of giving way to total chaos. After eight weeks of street protests by the so-called Red Shirts aiming to force the Thai government to resign and […]

Where is Batman? – Bangkok under Siege

May 12, 2010May 20, 2010tom1 Comment

That’s what a policeman asked me and a friend, as we were photographing the medieval-looking barricades, constructed of sandbags, sharpened bamboo poles, barbed wire and car tires, which one has to pass to get into the Ratchaprasong area, Bangkok’s up-scale and shut down shopping district. It’s like stepping into another country, another world. Downtown Bangkok, […]

Erneute Demonstrationen der Rot-Hemden in Bangkok

April 3, 2010April 7, 2010tomLeave a Comment

Seit einigen Wochen demonstrieren die Anhänger Thaksin Shinawatras wieder in Bangkok. Der frühere Premier ist auf der Flucht, seit er zu zwei Jahren Haft wegen Korruption verurteilt wurde, und taucht immer mal wieder in Dubai, Montenegro, Schweden, Nicaragua und Uganda auf. Sonst will ihn scheinbar niemand. Nach Deutschland darf er jedenfalls nicht. Vielleicht fühlt er […]