Hej
Human Right Watch kräver att dom poliser och militärer som bär ansvaret för att 7+78 protesterande dödades i Tak Bai 25 okt 2004, samt att militären som höll 1200 personer fångna utan tillgång på läkare vilket fick till följd att många senare tvingades amputera skadade kroppsdelar ställs till svars för sina handlingar.
Redan 17 Dec 2004 tillsatte den dåvarande regeringen en utredning som kom fram till att det var felaktigt att skjuta rakt in i folkmassan och att lasta dom gripna på ett sådant sätt att folk dog, tre militära befäl utpekades som ansvariga för dom misslyckade militära operationerna, men ännu har ingen straffats för detta.
Nu kräver ånyo HRW att rättvisa skipas i dessa fall och framför kraven till juntaledaren Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha som ofta har framfört till Människorätta organisationer och journalister att allmänheten inte ska påminnas om händelserna i Tak Bai, så att han kommer att agera i detta ärende är inte troligt.
No justice 10 years after Tak Bai killings
Submitted by kongpob on Sat, 25/10/2014 - 10:35
(New York, October 25, 2014) – The Thai government has yet to bring to justice police and military personnel responsible for the deaths of scores of protesters in Tak Bai in southern Thailand in 2004, Human Rights Watch said today.
On October 25, 2004, army and police units fired on ethnic Malay Muslim protesters in the Tak Bai district of Narathiwat province, killing seven. Another 78 protesters suffocated or were crushed to death while being transported to an army camp in Pattani province. The military detained more than 1,200 people for several days without appropriate medical attention, and a number of severely injured protesters lost their limbs. In August 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that security personnel were blameless because they had only been performing their duties.
“Thailand’s failure to prosecute security personnel responsible for the Tak Bai killings is a glaring injustice that brings the police, military, and courts into disrepute,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The Thai authorities’ failure to deliver justice to southern Muslims has fueled conditions for the insurgency in the deep south.”
On December 17, 2004, a fact-finding committee appointed by the then-government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra concluded that the methods used in dispersing the protesters – including firing live ammunition and deploying army conscripts and rangers inexperienced in dispersing protesters – were inappropriate and not in conformity with established international guidelines and practices. The committee also found that commanding officers failed to supervise the transportation of protesters in custody, leaving the task to be performed by inexperienced, low-ranking personnel. The inquiry identified three senior army officers as having failed to properly monitor and supervise the military’s operations, leading to the deaths and injuries of protesters.
Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha has said that military-imposed government will resume dialogues with separatist groups, but he has not addressed abuses against ethnic Malay Muslims. While he was army commander-in-chief, Prayuth often told human rights activists and journalists that the Thai public should not be reminded about the Tak Bai killings.
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