Around the rally stage, shops sold red-shirt T-shirts, stickers and souvenirs, while tents were set up to exhibit images of the crackdown and the damage incurred during the 2010 political unrest.
Police were on hand to provide security and control traffic in the area, while medical personnel manned a station nearby.
Mobile toilets were made available for the crowds attending the event. Red shirts also gathered at Democracy Monument, despite the punishing temperatures.
The Nation