Thai protests continue unimpeded

Thousands of protestors continue to gather around Thailand's Interior Ministry in Bangkok.
 

According to Al Jazeera, protests have been sustained by claims that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government is controlled by her brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

He was ousted in 2006 for alleged corruption.
 

Police presence has grown in response to the protests, but the premier says they will not be removing the demonstrators by force.

Protests began after Shinawatra invoked an emergency law that gave authorities additional powers to block routes, impose a curfew, ban gatherings, and carry out searches.