Half a Century on, Thammasat Marks 6 October with Tribute

#6ตุลาเราไม่ลืม | 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE THAMMASAT MASSACRE

🕯️“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”⚫ 50 years ago today, state forces and right-wing paramilitary groups violently attacked students and activists at Thammasat University for demanding a more democratic and just society. Unarmed students, workers, activists, and grassroots organisers were beaten, lynched, sexually violated, and killed. Their “crime” was refusing to accept a society where power belongs to elites ra…

Govt, opposition parties mark Oct. 6, 1976 massacre

  REPRESENTATIVES of government and opposition parties joined a merit-making ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Oct. 6, 1976 massacre of scores of  student activists on the lawn of Thammasat University by state forces, Manager Online said. The campus had been occupied by student demonstrators who opposed the return to Thailand of former dictator Thanom […]

Half a century on, Thammasat marks 6 October with tribute

BANGKOK — 6 October 2026, Thammasat University held a series of memorial events on to mark the 50th anniversary of the 6 October 1976 violence, including a symbolic performance and the reading of the names of 42 people who died in the events. The memorial, organized by civil society groups and the 6 October remembrance […]