Gunman kills 3 in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, including 9-year-old girl

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/gunman-kills-3-thailand-narathiwat-5106506

#Thailand #TakBai #religious #separatists #terror

#Thailand’s Muslim Minority Seeks Justice After 20 Years Of Conflict. “A conflict festers in Thailand’s #DeepSouth, where in one case, discontent has been ignored & denied for 20 years now. Nearly 100 people died in #TakBai under official custody, & no one has been punished for it. Now, there is a chance to put things right... Will the families of the victims finally see justice served, or will it add fuel to the insurgency against the government?” | CNA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yjOzQ4tXtEY #TakBai

“You’re not going to heal, you’re not going to be able to move on as a nation if you can’t settle this. How do you put this behind you? You have to be fair, you have to be honest, and you have to do it keeping in mind … human dignity, and right now I don’t see any of that.” #TakBai #Thailand #Asia #HumanRights cc: @VOANews https://www.voanews.com/a/hopes-for-justice-expire-20-years-after-thailand-s-tak-bai-massacre/7839297.html

"It must be noted tt Narathiwat Prov'cial Court's decision to hear e case comes just b4 e 20yr #statuteoflimitation ends on Oct 24. Lest we forget, #TakBai incident took place during #ThaksinShinawatra's #government led by his Thai Rak Thai & when #Prawit Wongsuwon was #army chief. Tt said, e current govt led by his daughter has e opportunity to do better by ensur'g trial is transparent.. caution #security officials to revise their security operations & act w'in e #law" ⚖️
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2855038/overdue-trial-for-tak-bai

#Thailand: “…#Narathiwat Provincial Court handed down a landmark decision nearly 20 years after the violent suppression of a #peacefulprotest in Narathiwat’s #TakBai district in October 2004…that there is sufficient evidence…to require putting 7 former…military officials, police…&…officials…on trial...” | ICJ https://www.icj.org/thailand-a-historic-step-towards-justice-in-the-tak-bai-incident/.

Statement in #English: https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Statement_EN_Tak-Bai-Incident-.pdf.

#Thai statement: ประเทศไทย: ก,าวประวัติศาสตร3สู5ความยุติธรรมในเหตุการณ3ตากใบ: https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Statement_TH_Tak-Bai-Incident-.pdf

20 years later, time for justice for #TakBai
"7 deaths at the site & 78 more during the transport of 1,370 #protesters .. each lorry had to take almost 50 protesters for 5 hours fr the protest site to #Pattani camp.. The demonstrators were ordered to lie w their heads down & were packed in 3 or 4 piles deep.. The case will be a test for #justice for #PheuThai .. The #massacre took place when Thaksin Shinawatra was PM as his govt #failed to restore peace in the far South."
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2793839/20-years-later-time-for-justice-for-tak-bai

"Thaksin, then #primeminister, quickly branded the robbers "small-time crooks", which can't have improved things. If he had been more prudent, the #KrueSe #mosque & #TakBai #massacres in April 2004 & October of the same year, in which 32 & 85 #Thai #Muslims died, respectively, might have played out differently or even been avoided. Although he did not directly gave orders for the #military #crackdowns in those cases, #Thaksin, as head of the #government, must bear some #responsibility" #Thailand