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🗳️ Experienced election fraud in your voting precinct? Take power back. Report it now!
Experienced election fraud in your voting precinct? Take power back. Report it now! 🗳️ A public complaint desk has been set up to compile cases and submit them to the Elections Commission (EC). If they won’t do their job, the people will. If you witnessed intimidation, irregularities, blocked access, vote manipulation, or other election violations, don’t let it disappear into silence. Demand justice! ✊ Report election-related violations here: bit.ly/RecountNow #WeAreManushya

Manushya Foundation
Feb 11


📣 #PeoplePower: In the face of fraudulent elections, the People of Thailand demand, "Recount Now!"
Today, Thai citizens across different generations and backgrounds came together to stage an election protest in front of the Elections Commission (EC) Headquarters. Led by the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration who also spearheaded the historic youth protests in 2020. ‼️ Their demand: A recount from the controversy-filled national elections where a party led by military coup supporters supposedly dominated. 🔥 EC stated they will come out with a decision in 2 days. B

Manushya Foundation
Feb 11


Human Rights Alert ‼️ NACC targets 44 former Move Forward MPs over Article 112 amendment
🔎 All Eyes on the Supreme Court: A critical moment for democracy and freedom of expression ⚠️ Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is moving forward with an ethics case against 44 former Move Forward MPs (now People’s Party), in connection with their past sponsorship of a proposal to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code (Lèse-Majesté). [This is an ongoing case] If the case proceeds to the Supreme Court and is accepted, those accused could face severe polit

Manushya Foundation
Feb 9


How do activists in Isaan (Northeastern Thailand) care for their wellbeing? 🪷
Our Manushya on-the-ground reporter Pipaw asked defenders at our UPR Capacity and Movement-Building Workshop in Khon Kaen and shares simple joys that keep the spirit strong. ✨ นักกิจกรรมในภาคอีสานดูแลกายและใจของตัวเองกันอย่างไร? 🪷 มาฟังเรื่องราวจากผู้สื่อข่าวภาคสนามของเรา ทีมManushya ✨ This weekend’s gentle healing ideas: 🥓 Thai BBQ - because good food feeds both your belly and your heart 🌳 A walk in the park - nature has a quiet way of restoring us 🌬️ Letting go - happin

Manushya Foundation
Feb 9


Over 1 in 3 global FGM/C cases happen in Asia 🚨 We’re not talking about this enough!
Debunking dangerous myths that keep the reality of Female Genital Mutilation hidden in Southeast Asia On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C), we stand in solidarity with survivors and communities challenging this grave human rights violation. It is happening prominently across Southeast Asia, far more than official date and governments reveal. 🌏 An estimated 80 million women and girls in Asia have undergone some form of F

Manushya Foundation
Feb 6


🗳️ Thailand Elections 2026: Which political party actually cares for disability rights?
People with disabilities are an important part of our society. Still, their needs are too often ignored in daily life, and even more in politics. Before choosing who to vote for, take a moment to see which political parties truly support inclusive policies. 👉 Our friends at Disabilities Thailand have broken it down clearly. Learn more about each party’s disability policies at https://bit.ly/DisabilityRightsTHElex 📅 8 Feb, use your voice and take power back. Vote for a

Manushya Foundation
Feb 6


✊ Thailand votes YES for a New Constitution! 🇹🇭 But this victory is only the first step to real change.
In a week marked by what many call the most corrupt national elections in the country’s history, people in Thailand turned out and voted Yes to replace the 2017 Constitution, a charter born from military junta rule. THAT’S People Power and resistance! The overwhelming YES vote is a clear declaration from the people: We are tired of politics controlled by dynasties, junta-linked leaders, and elite interests. We need a Constitution BY the People, FOR the People NOW! 🔥 ⚖️ 𝗧𝗵�

Manushya Foundation
Feb 6


‼️ HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT ‼️ Two Thai grassroots leaders sentenced to prison for peaceful protest on land and housing rights
On 28 January, Theeranet Chaisuwan (Chair of P-Move or People Movement for A Just Society and Committee Member of the Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand) and Jamnong Noopan (Vice-President of the Four-Region Slum Network and P-Move Advisor) organized a peaceful protest demanding land and housing rights and speaking up against the unjust impacts of state policies and projects on affected communities. Dusit Police investigators claimed they supposedly violated the Public

Manushya Foundation
Feb 5


"Nothing about us, without us!" ✊ Manushya joins CALL for stronger environmental and community rights in the Thai Constitution
Manushya represent! 🩷 Our community human rights lawyers Rasa Taokew and Cherry Waranya, with Board Member Ton Sirisak, proudly joined Thai CSOs of the Constitution Advocacy Alliance (CALL) at the Vote Right(s) Now event. Together, we called for stronger environmental and community rights in the upcoming Constitutional Referendum, right in front of political party representatives. Our main call: “Nothing about us, without us!” ✊🏽(shout out to Greenpeace Thailand’s Write for

Manushya Foundation
Feb 2


Women are leading the Spring Revolution. The junta is still erasing them.
🇲🇲 #SpringRevolution ✊🏽 Five Years of Resistance, Five Years of People Power Five years since Myanmar’s illegal military coup, the people’s resistance continues to defy brutal repression. While the military attempts to manufacture legitimacy through sham elections, the people of Myanmar continue to resist with unwavering courage and collective power. Women have stood at the heart of the Spring Revolution: leading protests, organising underground networks, sustaining human

Manushya Foundation
Feb 1


On 8 Feb, Vote ✅ for Change and A People’s Constitution! ✊
On 8 Feb, Vote ✅ for Change and A People’s Constitution! ✊ Manushya Foundation proudly stands with civil society and grassroots leaders in calling for genuine change and the opportunity to create a true people-led Constitution. Thailand’s upcoming constitutional referendum on 8 Feb must be watched closely. In recent years, the state has escalated transnational repression, human rights violations, and environmental abuses, making this vote a critical test of democratic partici

Manushya Foundation
Jan 30


Meta's human rights report is a PR weapon.
ICYMI: Meta launched another PR stunt in the form of its so-called 2024 Human Rights Report. In our latest opinion piece, Manushya Foundation’s Digital Rights Advisor Jean Linis-Dinco breaks down how Big Tech’s accountability theatre fuels exploitation, reproductive justice backlash, and genocide. 👉 Read the full blog here: bit.ly/MetaPRStunt #WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings #Technocolonialism #BigTechCensorship #BigTechSuppression #StopDigitalDictatorship

Manushya Foundation
Jan 29


🌱 World Clean Energy Day: Clean energy for whom? And at whose cost? 💡
💡 Did you know every time you leave a light on, someone living along the Mekong River could be paying the price? This International Day of Clean Energy ⚡️, we’re standing with Martha (@mamean_jc) from Hug Mekong Youth, a youth and women-led environmentalist movement in Isaan. Martha shared this powerful testimony during our recent UPR Capacity and Movement-Building Workshop for Northeastern Thailand. The so-called “development” projects along the Mekong River basin have disp

Manushya Foundation
Jan 26


International Day of Education: How Education Can Be Liberatory 🎓✊
“Do children have the right to choose how they learn?” For the International Day of Education, we’re amplifying the powerful words of Supara Prabyai from the Children and Youth Foundation (CYF), following her participation in our UPR Capacity & Movement-Building Workshop in Khon Kaen, Isaan. 📚✨ Like CYF, we at Manushya name the truth: the dominant education system is inaccessible and deeply colonial by design. It rewards the elite with wealth and social capital, while exclud

Manushya Foundation
Jan 24


Four Years of Injustice, Four Years Too Long. Bring Home Dang Dinh Bach!
Four years ago today, environmental defender Dang Dinh Bach was unjustly sentenced to prison in Vietnam. He was taken from his home when his newborn son was just 2 weeks old and has not seen him since. For over 20 years, Bach dedicated himself to protecting Vietnam's environment: championing legal reforms, advocating for vulnerable communities, advancing Vietnam's path to a just energy transition. As Vietnam prepares to celebrate Tết Lunar New Year on February 17, the Year of

Manushya Foundation
Jan 24
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