It Was Like Suddenly My Son No Longer Existed
Enforced Disappearances in Thailands Southern Border Provinces
Map of Thailands 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 Governments 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
March 2007 Volume 19, No. 5(C)