Saturday, 27 June 2015

Bangkok lacks THE WILL to make peace in deep South

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A LONG-STANDING CULTURE OF IMPUNITY AMONG SECURITY FORCES IS PREVENTING THE LATEST PUSH FOR PEACE FROM GAINING TRACTION DON PATHAN SPECIA...
Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Deep South: Under the wreckage of lies, a complicated truth

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Don Pathan Special to The Nation Yala, Thailand The killing of two Buddhist monks on Visakha Bucha day four years ago shed light on the...
Friday, 22 May 2015

Deep South peace efforts hit another dead end

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Bangkok goes back to the drawing board after platform of separatist groups collapses and bomb attacks continue Don Pathan Special to The ...
Tuesday, 7 April 2015

EDITORIAL: Take away the licence to kill

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TRIGGER-HAPPY SECURITY OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTH NEED TO REASSESS PROCEDURES THAT FUEL THE ANGER ON WHICH INSURGENCY FEEDS Thai security forc...
Thursday, 2 April 2015

Lost in FOG of conflict, peace talks must go back to basics

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Don Pathan Special to the Nation To make progress in deep south, negotiations must first focus on verifying separatist groups' creden...
Saturday, 7 March 2015

EDITORIAL: Good Muslims, bad Muslims and the lies the govt tells you

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The Nation State misinformation about the southern insurgency has fostered an undercurrent of religious bigotry across the country Th...
Sunday, 22 February 2015

Car-bomb in Narathiwat: A wake-up call for Bangkok

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EDITORIAL The Nation Drama shows that govt claims of progress and a drop in violence are not soundly based The huge car-bomb that rocke...