Between 10 April – 19 May 2010, 94 people were killed during the military crackdown on the Red Shirt protests and over a thousand were injured. Most of those killed were shot with live rounds in the head and torso, and many were shot several times. Despite several inquests ruling that the protesters were killed by military fire, none of the cases made it to court. Attempts to prosecute the officers involved were denied, with courts saying that they do not have jurisdiction

Nearly fifty years on, the 6 October 1976 Thammasat University Massacre is no longer a denied chapter of history. Commemoration events have expended since the 2020 youth movement, but even as the silence is broken, accountability remains to be found.

The Thai Supreme Administrative Court has overturned a lower court’s decision and agreed to deliberate a case regarding the police crackdown on a 2020 protest.

Amnesty International Thailand and activist Payu Boonsophon filed a petition with the Ministry of Justice today (18 November) demanding an investigation into a clash between crowd control police and protesters on 18 November 2022, which injured 33 people and left Payu blind in one eye, as well as for victims to be compensated.

Tomorrow, 25 October 2025, marks one year since the statute of limitations expired in the Tak Bai massacre case, effectively closing the door to any further criminal prosecution in Thailand and allowing the perpetrators to get off scot-free. Yet, the Thai authorities have failed to take any meaningful steps to prevent recurrence of such violations and to close the legal gaps that enable impunity.

The Narathiwat Provincial Court closed proceedings against defendants in the Tak Bai Massacre case last Friday (25 October) as the twenty-year statute of limitations for pressing charges had been reached. The defendants were never arraigned, highlighting the difficulties of bringing politically-influential figures to justice in Thailand.

With the statute of the limitations on the Tak Bai massacre expiring today (25 October), a lawyer representing victims’ families said that their legal team is considering pressing negligence charges against the police for not working the case.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has expressed sorrow and issued an apology for the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai massacre, ahead of the statute of limitations expiring today (25 October 2024), with no official involved having been convicted, saying the case does not meet the criteria for extending the statute of limitations.

UN human rights expert said today (24 October) that they are concerned about the imminent expiration of the statute of limitation for the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai Massacre and called on the Thai government to take immediate action to prevent further delay in accountability and uphold the rights to truth, justice, and reparations for the victims' families.

With the statute of limitations set to expire this Friday in a case stemming from the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai Massacre, the police have yet to locate trial defendants, at least several of whom reportedly fled overseas.

Ahead of the expiry of the statute of limitations this Friday, Amnesty International Thailand calls on the Thai authorities to enforce arrest warrants for former officials facing trial for the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai Massacre to ensure that there is no impunity for those responsible. Unless at least one of the defendants present themselves to court before 25 October, the case will be dismissed.

With the statute of limitations expiring on 25 October, the Muslim Students Confederation of Thailand (MUSTFETH) have filed a petition with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) calling on the UN to monitor the Thai authorities’ handling of the Tak Bai massacre trial.