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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.
Over 6,500 people died and almost 12,000 were injured between 2004 and 2015 in a formerly ethnic separatist insurgency, which has currently been taken over by hard-line jihadis and pitted them against both the Thai-speaking Buddhist minority and local Muslims who have a moderate approach or who support the Thai government.
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 ...
The PULO, along with others, is currently fighting for the independence of Thailand's predominantly Malay Muslim south. PULO's platform is highlighted by its Islamic nationalist goals, calling the Thai presence in Pattani "a colonisation" and an "illegal occupation." Its stated aims are to secede from Thailand through military and political ...
A southerner and ethnic Malay Muslim in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, Wan Noor has served previously as house speaker and has close ties with Pheu Thai's leadership. He was the only nomination ...
A Thai Muslim group that spoke directly with Hamas said its efforts were key to ensuring that Thai hostages were among the first to be released in Gaza during a temporary truce with Israeli forces.
The towns most vulnerable and impacted are Maungdaw and Buthidaung. According to the report of Global Arakan Network (GAN), it is alleged that groups like the RSO have ties to Al-Qaeda which exploits the local Muslim population as human shields to fight against the non-muslim population. Reports also claim that these groups recruit and train ...
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]