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Bangkok, Aug 18 (EFE/EPA).- Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Tuesday that some students were pressured to join the recent anti-government protests to avoid being bullied by friends. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI PRIME MNISTER SPEAKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER WEEKLY CABINET MEETING AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.SOUND BITES: PRAYUT CHAN-O-CHA, THE PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND.TRANSLATIONS: - I do not have any problem with the idea of amending the constitution. Parties must talk, especially parties in our coalition. We have to see how to proceed with this and we will have to follow the process. (00.27-00.41).- I have heard from students that they got bullied in schools because they did not join the protests. They were banned from joining clubs or groups. I think this is dangerous. (00.41-01.02).- We are now focusing on solving economic problem, consumption problem as well as unemployment problem. (01.02-01.10).
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga calls off demonstrations planned for Monday and said his party would sit down for dialogue with the government after two weeks of protests. "We stand down our demonstrations for Monday, that is tomorrow, April 3, 2023. But in doing so, we want to emphasise that the right to assemble, to demonstrate, petition, and speak are iron-clad as provided for in our constitution," the veteran opposition leader tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 18 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Narendra Shrestha).- Nepalese activists participated Thursday in a protest against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Kathmandu. The dissolution of Parliament on December 20 at the request of the government, caused a growing dispute between the two factions of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS ON THURSDAY IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Protesters clash with Iraqi security forces during an anti-government demonstration in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, south of Iraq's capital Baghdad. IMAGES