Thailand’s Emergency Decree gives security forces the power to detain suspects for up to thirty days without charge. Two women in the Deep South describe what happens when that power reaches into a family.
Women and children at flood shelters in the Muslim-majority Deep South face particular hardships, no breakfast, missing sanitary supplies, and safety concerns in mixed sleeping areas.
Thailand’s government says a dam project in Yala is essential for flood prevention. But a group of locals who depend on the Pattani River argue the 60-year-old plan will destroy their ecosystem – and delivered that message directly to the deputy prime minister.
Thailand’s Emergency Decree gives security forces the power to detain suspects for up to thirty days without charge. Two women in the Deep South describe what happens when that power reaches into a family.
Women and children at flood shelters in the Muslim-majority Deep South face particular hardships, no breakfast, missing sanitary supplies, and safety concerns in mixed sleeping areas.
Thailand’s government says a dam project in Yala is essential for flood prevention. But a group of locals who depend on the Pattani River argue the 60-year-old plan will destroy their ecosystem – and delivered that message directly to the deputy prime minister.
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