By Prachatai |
<p>Mobile phone users in the Deep South must register facial identification for their SIM card by 31 October, says the Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC); critics are concerned about a violation of fundamental rights.</p>
By Kritsada Subpawanthanakun |
<p>On the 110th anniversary of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, let’s talk with the author of ‘Malayan Land Lost: National History, Plot Twist Version’ (Lit: Sia dindaen malayu prawattisat chat chabap Plot Twist; Thai: เสียดินแดนมลายู ประวัติศาสตร์ชาติ ฉบับ Plot Twist) to understand the factors that lead to the agreement. Did Thailand really lose land? What is the wound on the land of Pattani? And how do borders on the map frame our mind and thoughts?</p>
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By Adam John |
<div>Media coverage on the conflict region in southern Thailand, historically referred to as Patani<sup>1</sup>, reports on acts of violence such as bombings and shootings which are assumed to be carried out by separatist groups from the Patani Malay population despite no one ever officially taking responsibility for the violence.
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By Adam John |
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<div>“Don’t you know, we are here under Martial Law” said the officer to Faisal when he refused to delete the photos he took of the officers while they were escorting home a man they had a
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By Hara Shintaro |
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<div>At the end of February 2018 there were reports from the mainstream media in Thailand about the detailed plan for the safety zone and the safe house which would be located in the vast precinct of the Pattani Provincial Islamic Council <a href="#1">[1]</a>. These reports were based on sources from the Thai negotiation team, such as Gen Aksara Kerdphol, the head of the Thai delegation, and Maj Gen Sitthi Trakulwong, the secretary of the dialogue team.
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By Nutcha Tantivitayapitak |
<div>Eight years ago, Anticha Saengchai came out as lesbian to her husband, family, and society. She then moved with her girlfriend to Pattani and opened a bookstore and learning space called Buku Books & More. This is the story of Anticha’s of coming out, and of gender rights in the three provinces of the Deep South. </div>
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By Human Rights Watch |
<div>Arbitrary Detention Without Lawyer, Review by Judge, Raises Abuse Concerns</div>
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<div><span>Aiman </span><span>Hadeng</span><span>, chair of the Justice for Peace Network, has been detained in a military camp in T
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<div>A Deep South civil society group has called for the immediate release of its Muslim Malay chairperson after the authorities detained him for three days. He is suspected of being involved in a bombing at a Yala market. </div>
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<div>On 24 February 2018, the Deep South civil society organisation <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JOPjusticeforpeace-138451690204493/">Justice for Peace (JOP)</a> issued a statement calling for the immediate release of its chairperson Aiman Hadeng.</div>
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<div>The military arrested him on 23 February at his shop in Yala.
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<div>The Thai government and a Muslim Malay liberation organization have reached an agreement to make one district of the Deep South safe for civilians.
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