💡 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

“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

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

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

On 21 January 2026, four Thammasat University students were summoned by police for allegations of violating Section 112 and the Computer Crime Act. Their alleged “crime”? Holding a political satire banner on their own university campus. This case stems from a Facebook post by the Independent Political Satire Group of Thammasat University, showing banners expressing opinions on the monarchy. Authorities claim the banners constituted lèse-majesté because they allegedly coincide

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

This week in Khon Kaen, our UPR IV workshops are powered by bags made by rural women artisans from Isaan: strong, durable, and made to last, just like the movements we’re building. 👉 Follow Isaan Bags and support local women-led craftsmanship! #WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings #UPRThailand #LoveLocal

Exactly a month from now, Thai citizens will head to the polls for both national elections and a national referendum that will shape the country’s political future 🗳️ The referendum will ask voters whether they approve beginning the process of drafting a new constitution, to replace the current junta-led one adopted in 2017. Thailand’s constitutional reform must be watched closely. In recent years, the state has escalated transnational repression, human rights violations, an

On 19 December 2025, Manushya’s human rights lawyers stood together with the courageous women leaders from Phichit villages in a court-led mediation against Akara Resources, operator of the Chatree Gold Mine. The women Phichit villagers were clear: ➡️ they demand meaningful remedy for the decades-long harm brought by Chatree Gold Mine to villagers’ health and the environment ➡️ they insist on a judicial ruling rather than a settlement where Akara can escape accountability Med

2026 opens with the same crises, just repackaged. 🏭 Imperialist resource grabs under the guise of “liberating oppressed nations” 💰 Corporations investing millions in PR to rebrand their harm as “green” and “community-centred” 🚨 Transnational repression and digital dictatorship tightening quietly across borders 🌏 Displacement of native populations through genocide and crimes against humanity based on false entitlement over land This year, as Decolonial & Intersectional Fem

Oppressive, capitalist, and patriarchal systems thrive on the exhaustion of defenders. Choosing to slow down and rest is one way we resist their grip on our bodies and time. As the year draws to a close, we’re intentionally stepping back to make space for ourselves and our loved ones. Manushya Foundation will be on pause from 30 December 2025 to 4 January 2026 . Our emails and social media channels won’t be actively monitored during this time. You’re welcome to leave us a mes

For International Human Solidarity Day , we’re spotlighting what solidarity really means: showing up for each other across borders, through our connected struggles, and across generations. 🌍🤝 From 30 October to 1 November, our Founder Emilie Palamy Pradichit  joined over 120 activists, artists, and movement leaders from 27 countries across the Global South at the South-South Social Movements Convergence  in Cape Town, South Africa, hosted by Yiaga Africa  and OSF Africa . I

Sue is a youth leader from Myanmar and a member of the Human Rights Club at Mae Fah Luang University (Chiang Rai). She participated in our recent UPR Capacity-Building Workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In the wake of Myanmar’s military coup, thousands have been forced to flee violence, leading many to seek safety and livelihoods in Thailand. To survive, they cross borders often without secure legal status and face heightened risks of exploitation and rights violations. Yet de

🚨 Violence against sex workers in Thailand is not accidental, it’s by design. This December 17, on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers , we name some of the systems behind that harm: colonial powers and criminalization. While Thailand was never formally colonised, imperial influence shaped its economy in ways that displaced and impoverished marginalized and working-class women. Many were forced into sex work as a means of survival. But these forces didn

Early this week, #Thailand took a key step as part of its accession process to the #OECD, by submitting a self-assessment report and analysing compliance of Thai laws with OECD standards. 🔗 Access our Briefer to learn more about Thailand’s accession process: bit.ly/KeyToOECD While Thailand portrays itself as a champion on responsible business conduct, we know too well the reality: exploited migrant workers, Indigenous Peoples evicted from their lands, rural communities suffe