2014 Situation Summary Report 5/5: Self-censorship, restricted access to online media, and the shutdown of community radio before and after the coup
At the beginning of 2014, the heated protests of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), which had begun in November 2013, were ongoing. The protests continued until 20 May 2014 when the Royal Thai Army claimed that the PDRC and other political protests could lead to unrest and violence and therefore declared martial law.