"It Was Like Suddenly My Son No Longer Existed" Enforced Disappearances in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces

I. Summary
Key recommendations
Methodology

II. Insurgency in the South
A brief history of insurgency
A new and counterproductive approach by the Thaksin government
Recent escalation of the insurgency and government responses
Surging militancy

III. “Disappearances” in the Southern Border Provinces
Wae-harong Rohing and Ya Jae-doloh, Yala
Sagariya Ka-je and Ya [family name unknown], near Yala
Baruham Ma-ela and Abdulmaman Abdullakim, Narathiwat
Budiman Woe-ni and Ibrohim Gayo, Yala
Sata Labo, Narathiwat
Malati Mae-sae, Narathiwat (“disappearance” and killing)
Ibrohim Sae, Narathiwat
Musta-sidin Ma-ming and Wae-eso Maseng, Narathiwat
Muhammad-saimi Guna, Yala
Wae-sainung Wae-na-wae, Gu-amad Amiden, Abdulloh Salam, and Muhammad
Seren, Pattani
Ahama Wae-doloh, Yala
Wae-halem Kuwae-kama, Narathiwat
Pokri Bae-apiban, Yala

IV. International Legal Standards and Norms Relating to “Disappearances”

V. Thai Government’s Failed Response to the Problem of “Disappearances”
The Somchai Neelapaijit case
International criticism of “disappearances,” and prospects for redress under the
new government

VI. Recommendations

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