Al Jazeera reports that at least one person has been killed by rocket fire against protesters in Thailand. An entire world expects a bloody outcome, and have been watching tensions rise for over a month, without in any way interfering. How is this possible?
I find it outright absurd - think whatever you like about the red shirt protesters, but their demand today is new parliamentary elections. Is this not preferrable over blood shed in the streets? Is not free parliamentary elecions, overseen by international observers the only solution that the international community could accept? Still we here nothing about international pressure on the Thai government to accept this demand.
Of course Thai politics should preferrably be dealt with in Thailand, but isn't this a special situation, where foreign pressure would be called for? If the international community's voice can change anything, it is a shame not to use it now, before we count the dead in hundereds.
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Indeed, what about Thailand…
And Burma
And many parts of India
And Pakistan
And Palestine
And…
Daniel, you are a very kind hearted man. We need more people like you in this world.
International pressure could be a way to change this situations…starting campaigns, let people know that we are with them and we DO care!
Thanks, Hemant. There are many places around the world… it is actually hard to understand when the internatinalcommunity does involve, and when it doesn’t - that is a topic that really deserves a whole blog post.
@Andrea Yes, this is the way forward. We should keep building and expanding our contact networks - when we know each other we will care about each other.
And Iran… the media neglects a lot of countries. It’s up to us to raise awareness and not let people forget what’s going on around the world
@Lara It seems taht what gets a lot of media and polticial attention is often decided by geopolitical concerns, rather than values. Since the west doesn’t really know what to do with Iran, they don’t act, and do not report enough.
I feel the same so many times…