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Malaysia's facilitator said Wednesday that the Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have agreed in principle on a roadmap to try to end a decades-long Muslim insurgency.
23 May - Attackers in southern Thailand fatally shot two army rangers at close range Tuesday, police said, the latest killings in a region that has been plagued by a long-running Muslim separatist insurgency. [216] 19 June - Six soldiers were killed and four wounded when a bomb planted on a dirt road in Pattani province exploded. [217]
The separatists seek to forcibly liberate Patani Darulsalam (Islamic Land of Patani), from what they call a Buddhist Thai occupation", HRW continued. [ 153 ] The 2010 World Report from Human Rights Watch highlighted escalating human rights abuses throughout Thailand, [ 154 ] with the south reflecting overall policies against individual human ...
7 February: The Thai government and Muslim separatists from the southern part of the country agree on a possible peace process to stop an insurrection which started in 2004. [20] 8 February: Nualphan Lamsam (a.k.a "Madame Pang") is elected as the first female president of Football Association of Thailand
It renamed itself to "Islamic Front for the Liberation of Pattani" (BIPP) in 1986. [6] [11] After a period of dormancy, it was revived in 2002. The renewed group has reduced its nationalistic emphasis and expanded its hard-line Islamic politico-religious goals. It is known for its attacks against the Buddhist minorities of Southern Thailand.
Thailand's Pheu Thai party announced on Wednesday it had the support of six more parties in its attempt to form a government, still short of the required backing nearly three months after an election.
This is a list of active separatist movements in Asia. Separatism can include autonomism and secessionism, [1] despite the fact that independence is the primary goal of many separatist movements. Many separatist movements arise as a result of religious, racial, social, and cultural disparities between certain peoples and the majority or ruling ...
Recognition of Islamic law in the Islamic Malay Patani, especially in the field of civil law since the majority of the people are Muslim. 5. The people in the Patani region should have a referendum in the future under international supervision to determine their own destiny, whether they want to remain part of Thailand or achieve independence ...