Charges against ex-officers for 2004 Thai 'massacre' facing dismissal 

FILE - Relatives of victims take part in an event to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 2004 'Tak Bai Massacre,' when scores of protesters suffocated to death in army trucks, in Tak Bai, in Thailand's Narathiwat province, Oct. 25, 2023. FILE - A Thai soldier walks by hundreds of men arrested after they clashed with police outside the Tak Bai police station in Thailand's Narathiwat province, some 1,150 km south of Bangkok, Oct. 25, 2004.

Lawyers and rights groups in Thailand are raising doubts any of the 15 former military, police and government officers charged with the murder of 85 protesters 20 years ago will appear in court before the statute of limitations expires next month.