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Papua rebels free New Zealander held for 19 months
Published on 21/09/2024
» JAKARTA - New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Papua, Indonesian authorities said on Saturday.
Eight more charged in 2004 Tak Bai massacre
Published on 18/09/2024
» Thai authorities will prosecute eight more former security personnel over their roles in the Tak Bai crackdown two decades ago, when 78 protesters suffocated or were crushed to death when crammed into army trucks, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said on Wednesday.
China's Tibetan Buddhists urged to obey reincarnation rules
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/09/2024
» Senior Buddhist figures in China have emphasised the importance of government approval in the recognition of reincarnated Tibetan religious leaders, at a meeting this week less than a year before the Dalai Lama is expected to announce his succession plan.
Overdue trial for Tak Bai
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/08/2024
» The decision by Narathiwat Provincial Court to hear a lawsuit against seven high-ranking officials accused of murdering protesters in the Tak Bai incident two decades ago is a milestone for efforts to eradicate the culture of impunity in Thai society.
Militants kill 47 in multiple attacks in Pakistan
Published on 26/08/2024
» At least 47 people were killed in more than half a dozen separate attacks by unidentified militants, in one of the deadliest days of violence in Pakistan’s southwest province in recent years.
The lost cause of the 'Catalan Pimpernel'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/08/2024
» Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement, aspires to become the new Scarlet Pimpernel. Last week he left Belgium, where he has lived as an unwelcome guest since he led a failed attempt to secede from Spain seven years ago, and had himself smuggled back to Barcelona, the capital of the region of Catalonia.
France's West Sahara move a 'thunderclap'
Oped, Published on 08/08/2024
» In what's described as a thunderclap in French North African policy, the Paris government recognised Morocco's sovereignty over the long disputed Western Sahara, a region long contested by rival Algeria and a lingering subject of endless United Nations deliberations.
Rebels in Indonesia's Papua kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand
Published on 05/08/2024
» JAKARTA - Separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua on Monday killed a helicopter pilot from New Zealand, police said, adding four passengers aboard the aircraft were safe.
New facilitator raises southern peace talks hopes
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/08/2024
» National Security Council (NSC) deputy secretary-general Chatchai Bangchuad believes peace talks between the Thai government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist movement will produce positive results now that a new talks facilitator has been appointed.
Three seriously injured in Pattani shootout
Online Reporters, Published on 27/07/2024
» Three military officers were seriously injured in a clash with insurgents triggered by an attempted apprehension in the southern border province of Pattani early Saturday.