(New York, March 26, 2008) – Bringing to justice the killers of an imam detained by the military in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province will be a key test for the Thai authorities, Human Rights Watch said today. Violence is escalating in the south, where the Thai military is fighting a Muslim separatist insurgency that has [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Thailand: Imam’s Killing Highlights Army Abuse in South
Posted in South Thailand on 25 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Without justice, little hope for peace
Posted in South Thailand on 11 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recent information from Thailand’s troubled southern provinces indicates there has been a decline in incidents of violence in some regions and there have been fewer abductions (enforced disappearances). However, reports of torture and ill treatment of people, particularly detainees, are on the increase.
Whether this is due to a rise in such practices, or simply more [...]
Awaiting Justice – Righting the Wrongs
Posted in Administration of justice on 9 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The process by which victims of crimes and victims of the miscarriage of justice are awarded compensation by the state is very much a work in progress, writes TUNYA SUKPANICH.
Thai society was shocked when a number of people stepped forward to claim they were wrongly arrested and subjected to extortion by the “Border Patrol Police [...]
Human Rights situation in the South, as of March 2008
Posted in South Thailand on 2 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disappearances: there is no access to justice for relatives of the persons who have disappeared. Four cases of disappearances have been documented since June 2007. The cases are as follows
1. Mr. Mayateh Maraboh, 40 years old
Wife name: Ms. RuwaediyohWith 2 children: 9 and 2 years old
Mr. Maraboh disappeared on 24 June 2007 from his house [...]
