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Court tosses navy lawsuit against southern Thai activist
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 13/11/2025
» NARATHIWAT - A human rights defender in southern Thailand has offered forgiveness to the Royal Thai Navy after a court threw out a charge against her arising from a post that lived on the internet for only 30 minutes.
Life-threatening warnings target defence volunteers in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/03/2025
» PATTANI — Insurgents have warned Muslim defence volunteers in the southern border region to back down or face life-threatening consequences.
20 years after Tak Bai mass suffocation in southern Thailand, cyclists pedal 'for oxygen'
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 23/10/2024
» Cyclists on Wednesday pedalled “for oxygen” on the same route where about 80 arrested protesters from Tak Bai district of Narathiwat suffocated on military trucks in 2004 as the government avoided questions if it can extend the statute of limitations of the Tak Bai massacre case.
Prachachat looking to expunge erroneous criminal records
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 16/10/2023
» The Prachachat Party is seeking to expunge "erroneous criminal records" affecting some groups of people, especially those in the deep South.
Army eyes backup plan for security
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 10/10/2023
» The Fourth Army Region is preparing measures to maintain security in the South as the government considers scrapping an emergency decree that has placed restrictions in three provinces, according to region chief Lt Gen Santi Sakuntanak.
Probe into child-duping rebels
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/07/2023
» PATTANI: The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc)'s Region 4 Forward Command says it is preparing to file complaints against whoever duped children into holding pictures of dead insurgent members with the intent to stir conflict during a sports day parade last week in Panare district.
Macabre pics of kids with rebel corpses draw probe
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 28/07/2023
» PATTANI: The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc)’s Region 4 Forward Command is preparing to file complaints against relevant individuals for duping children into holding pictures of dead insurgent members in the deep south with the intent to cause conflict in society during last week’s sports day parade in Panare district.
Parents win court battle over hijab rule
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/04/2022
» A group of parents have won an Administrative Court judgement against what they felt was an unfair rule barring their children from wearing their hijab headscarves to school in the southern border province of Yala.
Civic support grows for Songkhla student activist
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/01/2022
» A human rights group from Narathiwat's Tak Bai district has offered moral support to a young activist in Songkhla's Chana district who was charged by Pathumwan police with defying the emergency decree.
Vietnamese boat caught fishing in Thai waters
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/11/2020
» SONGKHLA: A Vietnamese fishing boat with four crewmen was caught fishing illegally in Thai territorial waters on Monday, the 2nd Naval Area's Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) announced.