Patani Worldview

13/03/2023

Peace is merely a political discourse

Amidst the recent peace dialogue, held on 21-22 February 2023, between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and Patani Malay National Revolutionary Front (BRN), four Patani people were summoned and issued search warrants by the Thai government, three working with the local media and one being a political activist.

Today, March 13, 2023, DSI searched the house of Zahari Chelong, Content Editor of The Motive, by presenting a search warrant of the Pattani Provincial Court for search. During the search, rangers joined the raid and were stationed guarding the entrance to Zahari's house. It is probably caused by opening a donation page for humanitarian assistance towards the victims' families of extrajudicial murder incidents in various Patani areas.

Yesterday, March 12, 2023, the Su-ngai Padi police station issued a summons to Arfan Wattana, the Secretary of The Patani, Tengara Region and seven of Mr Yari's relatives, claiming they interfered with the exhumation of an unknown man's body, as illustrated in the viral video clip.

On March 11, 2023, the Wartani media office's editor and field reporter were summoned by the Thanto police station, allegedly obstructing the duty of security officers in the recent clash between the BRN fighter and Thai officers at Than Thor district.

Even though the peace dialogue achieved a positive development in reaching an agreement and understanding to develop a Joint Comprehensive Plan towards Peace (JCPP), namely, violence reduction, public consultation and political solution. In practical, law enforcement is being prosecuted in Patani area against human rights activists, the media, and activists for exercising their rights and freedom of expression. Thus, peace is a milestone away.

13/03/2023

BRN’s 63th Anniversary

𝗕𝗥𝗡'𝘀 𝟲𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆

For nearly two centuries, Thailand’s southernmost area, or Patani, has been a center of people’s uprising against the centralized power. Prior to its defeat and falling under Siamese suzerainty in 1785, the region was ruled by an autonomous sultanate known as ‘Patani.’ During the first decade of the twentieth century, Siam made several strategic moves to solidify its rule on the Patani. As a result, the local sultanates of Patani were abolished in 1902. In 1909, Siam and Great Britain signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty without the consent of Malay rulers and their people, which created the current international boundary between the two countries. The treaty was an official recognition of losing the sovereignty of Patani and incorporated into modern Thai nation-state. To sum up, this historical process was interpreted as “Siamese colonization” by the Patani people.
The Peace Talks between the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) and the Royal Thai Government (RTG) on 28 February 2013 at Kuala Lumpur spotlighted enormous attention from the Patani people and other interested groups on the Patani crisis. Most significantly, this is the first time BRN, claiming as the representative of Patani people, communicated in public. Since its establishment, BRN has actively organized anonymous and underground in their activities and revolution. Historically, on 13 March 1960, the Patani people witnessed the emergence of armed liberation groups, BRN, which had the goal of an independent Patani and restoring the sovereign power of the Patani people. In other words, BRN was established to fight and reclaim the rights of national sovereignty on behalf of the Patani people in accordance with the UN Resolution 1514(XV), “All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.” BRN is currently the largest, most active, and best organized of the liberation movement in Patani.
Recently, the BRN flag has frequently been used on social media, following the extraordinary clashes between BRN militants and Thai military personnel, by bringing the image of Shaheed (martyr) backgrounded by the BRN flag with the words of honor and praise. Undoubtedly, it infers the acceptance and recognization of the Patani people toward BRN to determine their future destiny. May Almighty God bestow his guidance and mercy in conjunction with the 62nd Anniversary of BRN’s struggle together with the people of Patani.

Long live BRN, Free Patani.. Merdeka

01/03/2023

“We expect that political parties will declare a peace in Patani. Because it is a problem of the Patani nation, the Patani Community that has to determine their own destiny. It's not a problem for BRN, because BRN is the only representative in negotiations."

Ustaz Anas Abdulrahman
Head of the BRN Peace Dialogue

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"พวกเราคาดหวังว่าพรรคการเมืองประกาศจะสร้างสันติภาพปาตานี เพราะเป็นปัญหาของประชาชาติปาตานี Patani Community ที่ต้องกำหนดชะตากรรมตนเอง ไม่ใช่ปัญหาของ BRN เพราะ BRN เป็นผู้แทนในการเจรจาเท่านั้น"

อุสตาซ อานัส อับดุลเราะห์มาน
หัวหน้าคณะพูดคุยเพื่อสันติภาพ BRN