🌱 Dang Dinh Bach (“Bach”) is a prominent environmental justice lawyer in Vietnam who dedicated his life to helping improve the health and well-being of marginalized communities throughout the country. 🚨 January 24 marks one year since he was wrongly sentenced by the Vietnamese government to 5 years in prison on “tax evasion” charges, after he led a campaign to reduce Vietnam’s reliance on coal. These unwarranted charges aim at silencing environmental defenders. 🛑 Whereas c

#WhereIsSombath ⚖️ Today marks a full decade, 10 long years since Sombath Somphone’s enforced disappearance, and there is still no justice in sight from the Lao government. 📍 Sombath is a prominent member of Lao civil society: his work aimed at setting up a community-based development by incorporating the knowledge and opinion of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programmes. 🚨 On 15 December 2012, Sombath was abducted from a police chec

(English below) 🚨 #INJUSTICE #SAVEChana #saveจะนะ #ม็อบ6ธันวา64 👉 มาดูหลักฐานตำรวจใช้ความรุนแรงกับประชาชน! #PoliceViolence จนผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านสิทธิฯจากUNถึงกับต้องแสดงความกังวลผ่านทวิตเตอร์! #WhatsHappeningInThailand ⚠️ ตำรวจใช้กำลังเข้าสลายการชุมนุมกลุ่มชาวบ้านจะนะ จ.สงขลา กว่า50คน หลังออกมาต่อต้านโครงการนิคมอุตสาหกรรมจะนะซึ่งเป็นโครงการที่จะส่งผลกระทบต่อวิถีชีวิตและสิ่งแวดล้อมในถิ่นบ้านเกิดของพวกเขา! Speaking truth to power is not a crime! 📍 วันที่ 6 ธันวาคม ที่ผ่านมา สมา

#SavePenguin #SaveOurFriends #CovidInThaiPrison #ปล่อยเพื่อนเรา #โควิดในเรือนจำ @landofwhy x @manushyafoundation ⚠️ Once again, Thai authorities are showcasing their true face: they are CRUEL & INHUMANE, with zero consideration for the People. A Thai pro-democracy Youth activist, Parit 'Penguin', is being denied basic human rights & essential healthcare in prison. Having contracted COVID-19, the condition of Parit 'Penguin' is critical. Even with Asthma, he is given the wro

#Saveอมก๋อย 🚨 Another case of #injustice in Thailand, where the 1% is making money at the cost of #IndigenousPeoples lives! ⚠️ Omkoi locals will be severely affected by the dangerous coal mining operations, they will lose their livelihoods and are at RISK of corporate exploitation! "For centuries, we've protected the forest and built the firebreaks, yet we still question why we don't have the right to our ancestral land," says a Kaboedin Indigenous Youth. As the use of coal

Gold mining destroyed their environment and contaminated groundwater. Now they need to buy clean drinking water or they risk their own health. While they used to be able to grow all their vegetables, mining chemicals polluted the soil and made it dangerous to cultivate. The villagers have been struggling to make ends meet and became dependent on outside help. Villagers living in the close neighborhood of the Chatree Goldmining Complex owned by Akara Resources, a Thai subsidia

Yet more stories of #Injustice in Thailand! The Supreme Court verdicts make the poor even poorer because of bad laws created by the 1% Rich! Like Sompitr #SaveSompitr and Nittaya #SaveNittaya, Narisara, Suwalee, and Suphaphorn are Sab Wai Villagers who have been unfairly criminalized just because the Thai government wanted to increase the forest area without caring about people living on the ground! Over the last two days, Narisara, Suwalee, and Suphaphorn were found guilty o