By Human Rights Watch |
<p>Separatist insurgents took over and damaged a hospital in southern <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-32%3d5-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95553&Action=Follow+Link">Thailand</a> on March 13, 2016, in violation of the <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-32%3d5-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95552&Action=Follow+Link">laws of war</a>, Human Rights Watch said today.</p>
By Thaweeporn Kummetha |
<div><em>After being forced to shut down since the 2014 coup, along with many other community radio stations in the area, Media Selatan, a local Malay radio station in the Deep South, is coming back on air early this year. The director of Media Selatan states that shutting down local media is tantamount to closing channels for citizens to express their opinions about the ongoing peace process. </em></div>
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By Kongpob Areerat |
<p>Despite reports from Russian intelligence about ISIS members hiding in the country, security experts said that Thailand still has minimal risk of a spread of violence from the troubled Middle East. However, given the rise of Buddhist hardliners and security officers distracted by political dissidence, this might change. </p>
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<div>A prominent insurgent group in Thailand's restive Deep South has denounced MARA Patani, the umbrella organization of separatist movements, and on-going peace talks between them and Bangkok.
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<p dir="ltr">A self-described Muslim insurgent member in a restive Deep South of Thailand released a video clip online, pointing out the Thai state’s hypocrisy in solving the southern conflict and vowing to fight on for independence. </p>