The workshop focused on strengthening what makes advocacy powerful: credibility, clarity, and grounded recommendations. From Indigenous women and LGBTQIA+ activists to defenders working on reproductive rights, environment, land, migrant and labour rights, peacebuilding, and civic space, activists from all across Thailand came together to sharpen their submissions and strengthen each other’s work. In the coming week, frontline communities, alongside us at Manushya Foundation,

“This feels like a reunion of activists from all over Thailand!” 💬 shares one of the defenders who joined Manushya's UPR Submissions workshop in Bangkok. Day 1 of “Turning Collective Voices into Evidence-Based Advocacy: Finalizing Thailand’s UPR IV Civil Society Submissions” brought together 67 grassroots activists from across Thailand, united by one goal: to bring their communities’ voices to the global stage 🌏 From LGBTQIA+ and abortion rights advocates to Indigenous wome

Step aside “experts”, the next step towards a people-led UPR movement is here. And it’s being led by those actually on the ground. Day 1 of “Turning Collective Voices into Evidence-Based Advocacy: Finalizing Thailand’s UPR IV Civil Society Submissions” brought together 67 grassroots activists from across Thailand, united by one goal: to bring their communities’ voices to the global stage 🌏 As the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for civil

For years, defenders and communities in Laos 🇱🇦 have faced intensifying repression, including transnational repression, for speaking truth to power. Now? They are officially recognised! In August 2025, Manushya Foundation and Power by Keyboard submitted a bold report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, exposing systemic repression and rights violations in Laos. 🇺🇳 We didn’t just send a document. We went to Geneva ourselves. ✈️ Our Founder & Execut

IN PHOTO: Women land defenders, youth environmentalists, LGBTQIA+ and disability rights advocates, people living with HIV activists, and feminist organisers from across Isaan, Northeastern Thailand, stand together with the Sab Wai Villagers against false climate solutions such as Thailand’s Forest Reclamation Policy. KHON KAEN, THAILAND | 20-21 January 2026  –  Isaan, Thailand’s largest region, is often ironically described through the language of lack: poor, underdeveloped,

Our final Regional Capacity and Movement-Building Workshop for UPR IV ended with certificates, dancing, and so much collective joy. After touring all four regions across Thailand, we couldn’t have asked for a better way to wrap it up. Thank you, Isaan, for the fire, the rhythm, and the reminder that movements are built with both courage and joy 💖 #WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

This capacity and movement-building workshop in Isaan, Northeastern Thailand is the last in a nationwide series equipping communities across the country to take their struggles to the UN ahead of Thailand’s Fourth UPR in November 2026. Some moments today that truly moved us: ✊ Breaking down how engaging UN mechanisms can be a real tool for people-powered change on the ground ✨ Learning alongside fierce grassroots defenders from across movements: feminist environmentalists, ch

On the road to a people-led Thailand’s #UPR IV, care is at the center of our movement-building strategy ✊ That’s why wellbeing is a signature part of every Manushya workshop! At our recent UPR Capacity & Movement-Building Workshop in Chiang Mai, we closed the year by holding space for collective care through decolonial, community-rooted wellbeing practices. Activists from across Northern Thailand were invited to rest and recharge through: 🌿 Herbal body soaks 🤲 Traditional f

IN PHOTO: Youth leaders, disability rights advocates, Indigenous activists, LQBTQIA+ and feminist defenders from Northern Thailand hold a moment of silence calling for peace amidst escalating hostilities in the Cambodian-Thailand border Manushya Foundation and Feminist Rights Groups Hold Northern Thailand Workshop Ahead of UN Human Rights Review CHIANG MAI, THAILAND  –  On 15-16 December 2025, Manushya Foundation, in collaboration with Young Pride Foundation, the People’s Mov

On 11 December 2025, the Chiang Rai Provincial Court read out the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of 32-year-old pro-democracy activist Mongkol "Bas" Thirakhot, sentencing him to 46 years in prison without suspension under Section 112 and the CCA. This marks one of the highest penalties in the history of cases under the Lèse-Majesté law. This ruling follows years of escalating punishment against Bas. Decades for Dissent: The Case Against Activist Bas Two cases (later mer

Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop for Southern Thailand HAT YAI, THAILAND  –  On 11-12 November 2025, Manushya Foundation, together with Young Pride Foundation, the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED), LBT Wellbeing, and the Thai Coalition for the UPR, successfully hosted its second Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop. This marked the second step in a nationwide collective journey of four regional workshops taking place between October 2025 a

Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop for Central and Eastern Thailand BANGKOK, THAILAND  –  On 23-24 October 2025, Manushya Foundation, in partnership with Young Pride Foundation, the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED), LBT Wellbeing, and the Thai Coalition for the UPR, successfully hosted its first UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop. This training marked the beginning of a series of 4 regional workshops taking place across Thailand between October 202

Over two days, courageous activists and Indigenous leaders from across Southern Thailand joined forces to prepare for the next comprehensive review of Thailand’s human rights record — under the UPR (Universal Periodic Review) in November 2026. These activists have started to draft their own UPR thematic submissions, and the energy was unstoppable! It’s truly a wonder to witness communities reclaim their power to reshape Thailand’s human rights landscape. 🌏 From the South of

Thanks to the support of Young Pride Foundation, the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED), LBT Wellbeing, and the Thai CSOs Coalition for the UPR, we kicked off our second #UPR Capacity-Building Workshop yesterday in Hat Yai! So many courageous, brilliant activists joined us from all over 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, including Indigenous leaders from Pattani and the Ranong province, raising their voices to speak truth to power. 🇺🇳 Yesterday’s sessions