In pictures: Thai anti-government protesters continue to occupy government ministries

Thai government has been the target of mass protests in Bangkok since it pushed a bill to pardon Thaksin of a corruption conviction and give amnesty to thousands of other politically related cases between 2004 and 2013.

The embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra begged protesters who have staged the most sustained street rallies in Bangkok in years to call off their demonstrations and negotiate an end to the nation's latest crisis.

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