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Thailand court acquits protesters who shut down Bangkok’s airports in 2008

A Thai court has acquitted about 70 people of all charges related to large-scale protests that closed Bangkok’s two airports for about 10 days in 2008. The demonstrators opposed the government aligned with ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Members of the Democratic People’s Union also joined the protests, occupying the state television station and occupying […]