"It Was Like Suddenly My Son No Longer Existed"

Enforced Disappearances in Thailand's Southern Border Provinces

Map of 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

Acknowledgements