🚨#JusticeForTakBai 22 years. 85 lives taken. Impunity still reigns.

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On 25 October 2004, Thai security forces violently cracked down on Malay Muslim protesters in Tak Bai, Narathiwat. Seven people were killed during the crackdown. Another 78 died after being bound and stacked on top of one another in army trucks.

On 25 October 2024, the 20-year statute of limitations expired without any of the accused being brought before the court. Families’ decades-long struggle for accountability was met with another door slammed shut.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩.

In Thailand’s Deep South (Patani), special security laws continue to enable prolonged detention without charge, weaken safeguards against torture and shield officials from accountability. People seeking justice face fear of reprisals, while defenders and journalists face prosecution for exposing abuses.

JASAD’s monitoring classified 526 deaths involving security forces between 2004 and 2025 as extrajudicial killings, with three additional cases recorded in early 2026.

✊🏽 The clock ran out on the Tak Bai case. It must never run out on our demand for justice.

We demand independent investigations, accountability, full reparations and an end to laws that protect perpetrators. Ahead of Thailand’s UN human rights review (UPR IV), states must confront this continuing violence and demand concrete change.

📢 Read and share our UPR IV factsheet, “Civil and Political Rights in Thailand’s Deep South”: tinyurl.com/uprivfspatani

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