Across Southeast Asia, our languages may differ, but we all recognise democracy's absence as our civil and political freedoms shrink day-by-day. When fisherfolk and Indigenous communities are silenced for speaking out. When union leaders are criminalised. When protest is met with repression. When authoritarian states police dissent online and offline while protecting those already in power. 🧋 But repression has also taught our movements to find each other across borders. The

Under Thailand’s Criminal Code and the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act B.E. 2539 (1996), sex work continues to be treated as unlawful and immoral. Sex workers can face fines, imprisonment, or both, as laws intended to combat trafficking blur the crucial distinction between consensual adult sex work and human trafficking. 💬 “Sex work isn’t immoral. What’s immoral is a legal system that protects employers but not workers.” —’Ton’ Sirisak Chaited, non-binary huma

Advocacy can be exhausting, especially for defenders who confront injustice every day. This World Suicide Prevention Day, let’s remember, as black feminist civil rights activist Audre Lorde reminded us, self-care isn’t self-indulgent; it’s political resistance. 🪷 Rest. Set boundaries. Ask for help. Check in on your people and the movement. We cannot build a more just and democratic world by neglecting ourselves along the way. Take care of yourself. Take care of each other. O

🇺🇳 At the 8th UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific, we are proud to host a timely conversation on the future of corporate accountability: 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 📅 Tuesday, 15 September 2026 ✺ 17:00-18:00 ICT 📍 Conf

Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Women and Girls, we’re amplifying the voices of Indigenous women leaders from Southern Thailand who are fighting for their Land. ✊ Naowanit Chaemphit, Moken community ✊ Saluay Hanthale, Ulak Lwoi Women’s Association for Development When communities are not recognized, the consequences are real: 🪪 Statelessness 🏔️ Land grabbing driven by profit 🔒 Cultural exploitation ❌ Exclusion from education, healthcare, and poli

Join us in spreading the power of love and inclusion through this Limited Edition T-shirt collection from our courageous ally, Young Pride Foundation. 🏳️‍🌈 Every purchase directly powers Young Pride, from youth ideation workshops and LGBTQIAN+ rights advocacy to community projects that champion an inclusive society for all. 💌 Order here today: https://bit.ly/ypfshirt #WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings #QueerLiberation #LGBTRightsAreHumanRights #PrideIsAProtest

On 20 July, Malaysia’s Dewan Negara (Senate) passed a cybercrime law that will expand transnational repression. Read through below to see what Malaysia’s borderless cybercrime machinery could unleash. Every expansion of police power arrives wearing the language of safety, and this one is no exception. Malaysia's Cybercrimes Act reaches anyone, anywhere, if the data touched a Malaysian system or if the person affected is Malaysian. Malaysia explicitly cited meeting its obligat

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 📅 Tuesday, 15 September 2026 ✺ 17:00-18:00 ICT📍 Conference Room 2, UN Conference Centre, Bangkok & online Across Asia, corporate-related human rights and environmental harms continue to persist. Yet, communities who b

Chhin Chou stood up against land grabbing and demanded fair livelihoods for farmers in her hometown in Cambodia. 🇰🇭 For her courage, she was threatened, hunted, and forced into exile. But the repression didn't stop when she reached Thailand or Canada. Authorities continued to harass and threaten her parents back home to force her into silence. Despite this all, Chhin Chou refuses to be silent. She continues to speak truth to power for her people. 👉 Swipe through to learn

👇 Read through the photos to remember the disappeared and understand how enforced disappearance is weaponised to silence dissent, at home and across borders. #InternationalDayOfTheDisappeared 🚨 𝗘𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻. Authoritarian states use it as a weapon to silence activists and condemn their families to years, even decades, of uncertainty amounting to psychological torture. Borders offer no sanctuary. 🌏❌ Enforced

We warned the Thai Government. It chose to proceed anyway. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀! On 26 August 2026, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signed the Prime Minister’s Office Regulation on Deportation B.E. 2569. It was published in the Royal Gazette on 27 August and entered into force today, 28 August 2026. The Regulation accelerates procedures for removi

One year after a youth- and worker-led uprising shook the country, injustice remains unresolved. The people refuse to stay silent. Today, hundreds of people from Pati, Central Java are taking their demands to the streets, joined by workers, grassroots movements and civil society groups across Indonesia. Bear witness to their resistance! 👉 Explore the videos to understand more about these demands and why they need our global attention NOW. We stand in solidarity with our Indo

We’re still not over our UPR IV & ICCPR Strategic Advocacy Workshop in Bangkok! 🇹🇭 On our final day, we turned to another avenue for holding the Thai government accountable: Thailand’s review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by the UN Human Rights Committee. 🇺🇳 Over fifty human rights defenders began drafting community-led shadow reports to influence Thailand’s upcoming List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR). The goal is to ensure

For Rohingya children born in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, statelessness is the only reality they have ever known. ✊ On this 9th #RohingyaGenocideRemembranceDay, genocide survivor and Executive Director of the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network, Yasmin Ullah, shares what life on the ground truly looks like: shrinking rations, no access to formal education, and a generation stripped of their right to dream. Rohingya children deserve a future beyond basic s

Nine years after the Rohingya genocide, survivors remain in exile while the junta chief who commanded the genocidal campaign received red carpet welcomes. We share an excerpt from Rohingya genocide survivor and feminist activist Yasmin Ullah’s powerful op-ed. After seeing Arakan across the Naf River for the first time in her adult life, Yasmin, also the Executive Director of Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network, writes of a homeland made painfully real and a world norma