Sunday 13th February, 2011
The rallies took place ahead of elections expected later this year, to put the current prime minister under pressure.
Police were in force as as 15,000 Red Shirts gathered near Bangkok's Democracy Monument to call for the release of 18 jailed movement leaders who were detained last year after weeks of mass anti-government protests.
Nationalist Yellow Shirts rallied separately in an area close to the monument to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over a long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia.
There were no reports of injuries or violence at the rallies, unlike last year when Red Shirt gunmen clashed with soldiers.
Ninety-one people were killed in the uprising.
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