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Drones deployed to capture protests in Thailand
Riot police in Thailand fire tear gas and water cannons as protesters try to breach barricades outside the government headquarters in Bangkok. But on Tuesday in a reversal of strategy from the authorities, protesters were able to take over these government buildings with no resistance from police. Sunday’s clashes were filmed with a drone and the footage was posted to YouTube by a user called “TheCyberJom”.
These remote controlled devices are being used increasingly frequently by journalists and bloggers covering the anti-government movement in Thailand, to gain a different and better perspective of what is unfolding at the scene.
The ASTV television network in particular deployed drones to film the mass opposition protest staged in the capital on November 24 to demand the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
English language newspaper "The Nation" says they make it easier to gauge the scale of protests as organizers often inflate attendance figures, whereas the authorities have a tendency to play them down.
These unmanned aerial vehicles are relatively affordable and provide the press in Thailand with an alternative way of covering events, because as highlighted by NGOs such as Reporters without Borders, a number of local and foreign journalists have been set upon by protesters in recent days.
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Drones deployed to capture protests in Thailand
Riot police in Thailand fire tear gas and water cannons as protesters try to breach barricades outside the government headquarters in Bangkok. But on Tuesday in a reversal of strategy from the authorities, protesters were able to take over these government buildings with no resistance from police. Sunday’s clashes were filmed with a drone and the footage was posted to YouTube by a user called “TheCyberJom”.
These remote controlled devices are being used increasingly frequently by journalists and bloggers covering the anti-government movement in Thailand, to gain a different and better perspective of what is unfolding at the scene.
The ASTV television network in particular deployed drones to film the mass opposition protest staged in the capital on November 24 to demand the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
English language newspaper "The Nation" says they make it easier to gauge the scale of protests as organizers often inflate attendance figures, whereas the authorities have a tendency to play them down.
These unmanned aerial vehicles are relatively affordable and provide the press in Thailand with an alternative way of covering events, because as highlighted by NGOs such as Reporters without Borders, a number of local and foreign journalists have been set upon by protesters in recent days.
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