Around 1,000 anti-government protesters have gathered in Thailand's capital.

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February 19, 2010
Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Bangkok.

Around 1,000 anti-government protesters have gathered in Thailand's capital Bangkok ahead of a court decision next week involving Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister

Twenty thousand security personnel have been deployed around the country with concerns the demonstrations could turn violent over the court ruling which will decide the fate of the ousted leader's fortune.



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February 26, 2010

This is Thailand's "United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship".
The, known as the "Red Shirts", are planning mass rally next month in a huge challenge to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's

government.




[Jatuporn Prompan, Red Shirt Leader]:

"Our red shirts from all parts of the country will begin to mobilize on March 12th. And all the crowd flows will meet in Bangkok on March 14th"

The group hopes the week long rally will force parliament to dissolve and prompt new elections to be held.

The Red Shirts back ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,
who is waiting for a Supreme Court ruling on whether or not to seize his assets.

Thaksin was convicted for graft and was facing other allegations of corruption
when he was ousted from office by an army coup in 2006. He's denied wrong-doing.
His supporters, the Red Shirts say current leader Abhisit's six party coalition government is
"illegitimate" because it was not elected.