Thailand and Vietnam's leaders are turning diplomacy into a crackdown on activists. Today, 28 May, during To Lam’s official visit to Thailand, both leaders in a joint statement committed that neither country would allow its territory to be used for political activities against the other. They also pledged to strengthen extradition cooperation to suppress transnational dissent. In a region where authoritarian governments already hunt critics across borders, this is a dangerous

Bopha* is a woman environmental activist from Southeast Asia. She faced imprisonment for her activism and fled her country to survive. But the harassment only followed her in digital spaces. 👁️ As Bopha describes it, "Transnational Repression is a government tactic to shut down the voices of those who look for social justice.” 🚨 Repression continues online through digital threats or attacks: threatening messages, fake accounts, coordinated harassment, sexualised abuse, disi

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

🚨 #JusticeForJoseph 🚨 Yesterday, 25 June, Meta (Facebook) suspended the account of Lao activist Joseph Akaravong, just days after he...

⚠️ Clarifying the Context: Joseph Was With a Lao Woman Activist at the Time of the Knife Attack On 14 June 2025, the day of the attempted...

Transnational Repression Strikes Again? On Saturday, 14 June 2025, prominent Lao activist and political refugee Joseph Akaravong was the...

📢 Thailand has blood on its hands! Thailand has once again proven itself to be a fertile land for transnational repression. It has...

🚨 What Happened? On the evening of January 7, 2025, Lim Kimya, a 74-year-old former opposition MP from the Cambodia National Rescue...

🛑 #StopTransnationalRepression - Lao police have handed over 17 Myanmar nationals to illegal junta soldiers at the northern Golden...

#StopTransnationalRepression 📣The Cambodian Prime Minister and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin appear to share an agenda to "crush...

🩸#JusticeForJack On Saturday April 29, 2023, Lao human right and pro-democracy activist Anoua “Jack” Luangsuphon was shot two times - in...

#StopTransnationalRepression 📣 Heng Kem Lay, a respected monk and human rights activist, has been a vocal advocate for democracy in...

#StopTransnationalRepression - At some point, we have all heard the phrase Transnational Repression being thrown about, but what does it...

📣 #StopTransnationalRepression - On 23 February 2024, Founder and Executive Director of Manushya Foundation, Emilie Palamy Pradichit...

#Breaking 🚨 #TransnationalRepression: On 3 February 2024, we received news of the unjust arrest of three Thailand-based Cambodian...