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  • GUADALUPE TEPEYAC, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Sub-Commandte Marcos, leader of the Zapatista guerillas rides through the Zapatista's headquarters in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Chiapas, Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   WAR  ZAPATISTAS  INDIGENOUS   HUMAN RIGHTS  MILITARY   PERSONALITIES (MARCOS)
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela, talks to reporters in Managua before Chavez left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela, talks to reporters in Managua before Chavez left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela (left) and DANIEL ORTEGA, President of Nicaragua talk to reporters in Managua before Chavez left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela talks to reporters in Managua before Chavez left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela talks to reporters in Managua before he left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela, drinks of cup of Nicaraguan coffee in Managua before he left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere. Coffee is one of Nicaragua's leading exports. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela talks to reporters in Managua before he left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela, talks to reporters in Managua before Chavez left Nicaragua to return to Venezuela. Chavez has promised massive amounts of aid  for Nicaragua including free and discounted oil and portable electric generating stations. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, former Prime Minister of Thailand and a leader of the anti-government movement washes the hand of his friend and colleague Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for murdered anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, former Prime Minister of Thailand and a leader of the anti-government movement, prays after  washing the hand of his friend and colleague Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for murdered anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, former Prime Minister of Thailand and a leader of the anti-government movement washes the hand of his friend and colleague Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for murdered anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Aug 10, 2008 -- COLORADO CITY:    A member of the Jessop family practices her cello under a portrait of Warren Steed Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the FLDS, in the living room of the Jessop home in Colorado City, AZ. The family has computers and cell phones but have chosen not to have televisions, instead they put on impromptu concerts nightly. They have more than 40 instruments in the house. A member of the Jessop family practices her cello under a portrait of Warren Steed Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the FLDS, in the living room of the Jessop home in Colorado City, AZ. The family has computers and cell phones but have chosen not to have televisions, instead they put on impromptu concerts nightly. They have more than 40 instruments in the house. The Jessops are polygamists and members of the FLDS. Colorado City and neighboring town of Hildale, UT, are home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) which split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) after the Mormons banned plural marriage (polygamy) in 1890 so that Utah could gain statehood into the United States. The FLDS Prophet (leader), Warren Jeffs, has been convicted in Utah of "rape as an accomplice" for arranging the marriage of teenage girl to her cousin and is currently on trial for similar, those less serious, charges in Arizona. After Texas child protection authorities raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, (the FLDS compound in Eldorado, TX) many members of the FLDS community in Colorado City/Hildale fear either Arizona or Utah authorities could raid their homes in the same way. Older members of the community still remember the Short Creek Raid of 1953 when Arizona authorities using National Guard troops, raided the community, arresting the men and placing women and children in "protective" custody. After two years in foster care, the women and children returned to their homes. After the raid, the FLDS Church eliminated any connection t
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: JATUPORN PROMPAN (center, white shirt), a prominent Red Shirt leader, sits with Red Shirt supporters at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  JATUPORN PROMPAN (center), a prominent Red Shirt leader, walks among supporters at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai started at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: JATUPORN PROMPAN, a prominent Red Shirt leader, prays at the body of Apiwan Wiriyachai on the first day of Apiwan's funeral rites at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman and her daughter participate in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man pours water into hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for the anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays during over the body of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man prays after pouring water during the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays during the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man in a wheelchair participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Mourners comfort each other at the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Red Shirt leader NATTAWUT SAIKUA (left) and other Red Shirt supporters pray at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  JATUPORN PROMPAN (center), a prominent Red Shirt leader, walks among supporters at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai started at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  JATUPORN PROMPAN (center), a prominent Red Shirt leader, walks among supporters at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai started at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays during over the body of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman and her daughter participate in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman and her daughter participate in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: LIKIT TARATIN, father of murdered anti-government protest leader Suthin Taratin, at the bathing rites for his son at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man in a wheelchair participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man in a wheelchair participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor tries to photograph protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban with his smart phone when Suthep walked on stage at the Shutdown Bangkok Pathum Wan stage. Shutdown Bangkok has been going for 12 days with no resolution in sight. Suthep, the leader of the anti-government protests and the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), the umbrella organization of the protests,  is still demanding the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign, the PM says she won't resign and intends to go ahead with the election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor tries to photograph protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban with his smart phone when Suthep walked on stage at the Shutdown Bangkok Pathum Wan stage. Shutdown Bangkok has been going for 12 days with no resolution in sight. Suthep, the leader of the anti-government protests and the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), the umbrella organization of the protests,  is still demanding the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign, the PM says she won't resign and intends to go ahead with the election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN, left, leader of  the Thai anti-government protestors, talks to a supporter Friday. Thousands of Thai anti-government protestors came to Democracy Monument in Bangkok Friday night to hear Suthep Thaugsuban, the leader of the protests, announce his plans to shut down the city of Bangkok. Suthep said his protestors would occupy 20 major intersections in the commercial sections of Bangkok for up to three weeks or until the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra resigns.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JUNE 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHAMLONG SRIMAUNG, a Yellow Shirt leader and organizer of the vote "no" campaign, works the crowd a PAD rally in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 22. The PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) or Yellow Shirts, as they are popularly called, has called for a "No" vote in Thailand's national election, scheduled for July 3. PAD leadership hopes the no vote will negate the vote of Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheua Thai party. Yingluck is the youngest sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed by a military coup in 2006. Yingluck is currently leading in opinion polls, running well ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrat party, which in one form or another has ruled Thailand for most of the last 60 years.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:  South Koreans listen to speakers during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. A placard honor the recent inter Korean summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in the crowd. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean teenagers, one with a placard honoring the inter Korean summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the other holding a placard honoring the Singapore Summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A man stands between cardboard cutouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A man stands between cardboard cutouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A man poses for a photo with a cutout of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A man poses for a photo with a cutout of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A man stands between cardboard cutouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JANUARY 2007 - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: Leftists from El Salvador cheer for Daniel Ortega, the leader of the Sandanista party on a street corner in Managua, Nicaragua. The Salvdorans came to Managua to Daniel Ortega, the leader of the Sandanista Front, sworn in as the President of Nicaragua Wednesday. Ortega and the Sandanistas ruled Nicaragua from their victory of "Tacho" Somoza in 1979 until their defeat by Violetta Chamorro in the 1990 election.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 03 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN, left, leader of  the Thai anti-government protestors, talks to a supporter Friday. Thousands of Thai anti-government protestors came to Democracy Monument in Bangkok Friday night to hear Suthep Thaugsuban, the leader of the protests, announce his plans to shut down the city of Bangkok. Suthep said his protestors would occupy 20 major intersections in the commercial sections of Bangkok for up to three weeks or until the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra resigns.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestor takes a picture of protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban with her smart phone. Thousands of Thai anti-government protestors came to Democracy Monument in Bangkok Friday night to hear Suthep Thaugsuban, the leader of the protests, announce his plans to shut down the city of Bangkok. Suthep said his protestors would occupy 20 major intersections in the commercial sections of Bangkok for up to three weeks or until the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra resigns.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People listen to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man listens to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man listens to Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement in Bangkok, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok. The Thai anti-government movement, called the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) sponsored a forum Saturday to establish guidelines for political reform in Thailand. The opposition leader, Suther Thaugsuban, said his movement will not participate in a similar forum, sponsored by the government scheduled for Sunday. Thailand's political impasse continues with the opposition calling for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Yingluck has, so far, refused to step down from her caretaker roll. Crowds at the anti-government rallies have shrunk substantially since the collapse of the government earlier in the week.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Thai Prime Minister ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA and leader of the Thai Democrat party, covers his mouth while he makes a mobile phone call at an anti-government protest in Bangkok. Tens of thousands of Thais packed the area around Democracy Monument in the old part of Bangkok Friday night to protest against efforts by the ruling Pheu Thai party to pass an amnesty bill that could lead to the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Protest leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban announced an all-out drive to eradicate the "Thaksin regime." The protest Friday was the biggest since the amnesty bill issue percolated back into the public consciousness. The anti-government protesters have vowed to continue their protests even though the Thai Senate voted down the bill, thus killing it for at least six months.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Thai Prime Minister ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA and leader of the Thai Democrat party, covers his mouth while he makes a mobile phone call at an anti-government protest in Bangkok. Tens of thousands of Thais packed the area around Democracy Monument in the old part of Bangkok Friday night to protest against efforts by the ruling Pheu Thai party to pass an amnesty bill that could lead to the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Protest leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban announced an all-out drive to eradicate the "Thaksin regime." The protest Friday was the biggest since the amnesty bill issue percolated back into the public consciousness. The anti-government protesters have vowed to continue their protests even though the Thai Senate voted down the bill, thus killing it for at least six months.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JUNE 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHAMLONG SRIMAUNG, a Yellow Shirt leader and organizer of the vote "no" campaign, works the crowd a PAD rally in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 22. The PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) or Yellow Shirts, as they are popularly called, has called for a "No" vote in Thailand's national election, scheduled for July 3. PAD leadership hopes the no vote will negate the vote of Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheua Thai party. Yingluck is the youngest sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed by a military coup in 2006. Yingluck is currently leading in opinion polls, running well ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrat party, which in one form or another has ruled Thailand for most of the last 60 years.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 JUNE 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHAMLONG SRIMAUNG, a Yellow Shirt leader and organizer of the vote "no" campaign, works the crowd a PAD rally in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 22. The PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) or Yellow Shirts, as they are popularly called, has called for a "No" vote in Thailand's national election, scheduled for July 3. PAD leadership hopes the no vote will negate the vote of Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheua Thai party. Yingluck is the youngest sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed by a military coup in 2006. Yingluck is currently leading in opinion polls, running well ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrat party, which in one form or another has ruled Thailand for most of the last 60 years.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 JUNE 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHAMLONG SRIMAUNG, a Yellow Shirt leader and organizer of the vote "no" campaign, works the crowd a PAD rally in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 22. The PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) or Yellow Shirts, as they are popularly called, has called for a "No" vote in Thailand's national election, scheduled for July 3. PAD leadership hopes the no vote will negate the vote of Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheua Thai party. Yingluck is the youngest sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed by a military coup in 2006. Yingluck is currently leading in opinion polls, running well ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrat party, which in one form or another has ruled Thailand for most of the last 60 years.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 JUNE 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHAMLONG SRIMAUNG, a Yellow Shirt leader and organizer of the vote "no" campaign, works the crowd a PAD rally in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 22. The PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) or Yellow Shirts, as they are popularly called, has called for a "No" vote in Thailand's national election, scheduled for July 3. PAD leadership hopes the no vote will negate the vote of Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheua Thai party. Yingluck is the youngest sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed by a military coup in 2006. Yingluck is currently leading in opinion polls, running well ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrat party, which in one form or another has ruled Thailand for most of the last 60 years.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 17 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: JUTAPORN PROMPAN, a Red Shirt core leader (center at microphone) stand on the Red Shirts' stage to announce that "Seh Daeng" the Reds' unofficial military leader, had died. The Thai government announced Monday that the Red Shirts unofficial military commander and supporter, Thai Army Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL, died Monday from wounds he suffered when a sniper shot him in the head on May 12 while he was being interviewed by an American reporter. When the announcement was read to the Red Shirt protesters still camped out in Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok many started weeping.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti government protesters read about the shooting of Red Shirt hero and unofficial military leader Seh Daeng in a Thai newspaper at Red Shirt roadblock at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar. 26, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Veera Musigapong, a leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), waits to speak at a UDD rally in Bangkok Thursday. Veera was a deputy leader of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party. More than 30,000 members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts"  and their supporters descended on central Bangkok Thursday to protest against and demand the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. Abhisit was not at Government House Thursday. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand in March.  Photo by Jack Kurtz  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar. 26, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Veera Musigapong, a leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), waits to speak at a UDD rally in Bangkok Thursday. Veera was a deputy leader of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party. More than 30,000 members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts"  and their supporters descended on central Bangkok Thursday to protest against and demand the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. Abhisit was not at Government House Thursday. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand in March.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Mar. 26, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Veera Musigapong, a leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), waits to speak at a UDD rally in Bangkok Thursday. Veera was a deputy leader of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party. More than 30,000 members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts"  and their supporters descended on central Bangkok Thursday to protest against and demand the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. Abhisit was not at Government House Thursday. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand in March.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Mar. 26, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Veera Musigapong, a leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), waits to speak at a UDD rally in Bangkok Thursday. Veera was a deputy leader of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party. More than 30,000 members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts"  and their supporters descended on central Bangkok Thursday to protest against and demand the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. Abhisit was not at Government House Thursday. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand in March.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug 10, 2008 -- COLORADO CITY: JOSEPH JESSOP, 86 years old, the patriarch of the Jessop family, arranges pictures on the wall in the living room of his Colorado City, AZ, home. The portrait on the left is Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion and advocate of polygamy. Jessop is putting a photo of his father. On the right is a photo of John Y. Barlow, a leader of the polygamist movement who died in 1949. The Jessops are polygamists and members of the FLDS. Colorado City and neighboring town of Hildale, UT, are home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) which split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) after the Mormons banned plural marriage (polygamy) in 1890 so that Utah could gain statehood into the United States. The FLDS Prophet (leader), Warren Jeffs, has been convicted in Utah of "rape as an accomplice" for arranging the marriage of teenage girl to her cousin and is currently on trial for similar, those less serious, charges in Arizona. After Texas child protection authorities raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, (the FLDS compound in Eldorado, TX) many members of the FLDS community in Colorado City/Hildale fear either Arizona or Utah authorities could raid their homes in the same way. Older members of the community still remember the Short Creek Raid of 1953 when Arizona authorities using National Guard troops, raided the community, arresting the men and placing women and children in "protective" custody. After two years in foster care, the women and children returned to their homes. After the raid, the FLDS Church eliminated any connection to the "Short Creek raid" by renaming their town Colorado City in Arizona and Hildale in Utah.     Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, former Prime Minister of Thailand, (center) leads family and mourners into Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  Apiwan Wiriyachai's portrait is carried into his cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  A woman prays at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A woman wails while praying at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A Red Shirt supporter holds up pictures of deposed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Women watch the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: People pay respects to Apiwan Wiriyachai, whose funeral rites started at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A woman pours scented water over the hand of Apiwan Wiriyachai on the first day of his funeral rites at Wat Bang Phia in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A woman pours scented water over the hand of Apiwan Wiriyachai on the first day of his funeral rites at Wat Bang Phia in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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