On 11 December 2025, the Chiang Rai Provincial Court read out the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of 32-year-old pro-democracy activist Mongkol "Bas" Thirakhot, sentencing him to 46 years in prison without suspension under Section 112 and the CCA. This marks one of the highest penalties in the history of cases under the Lèse-Majesté law. This ruling follows years of escalating punishment against Bas. Decades for Dissent: The Case Against Activist Bas Two cases (later mer

Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop for Central and Eastern Thailand BANGKOK, THAILAND   –  On 23-24 October 2025, Manushya Foundation, in partnership with Young Pride Foundation , the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED) , LBT Wellbeing , and the Thai Coalition for the UPR , successfully hosted its first UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop. This training marked the beginning of a series of 4 regional workshops taking place across Thailand between Octobe

Thanks to the support of Young Pride Foundation, the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED), LBT Wellbeing, and the Thai CSOs Coalition for the UPR, we kicked off our second #UPR Capacity-Building Workshop yesterday in Hat Yai! So many courageous, brilliant activists joined us from all over 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, including Indigenous leaders from Pattani and the Ranong province, raising their voices to speak truth to power. 🇺🇳 Yesterday’s sessions

📢 The #𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞 unfolded on 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒, in 𝐓𝐚𝐤 𝐁𝐚𝐢 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭, 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. The event began as a 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 for the 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 and escalated when the 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. This led to the 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟏,𝟑𝟕𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, causing 𝟖𝟓 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡

On this 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆, Manushya Foundation exposes how Thailand’s  Forest Reclamation Policy  has criminalized the Sab Wai villagers — 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿. Small-scale farmers are unfairly blamed and criminalized for driving deforestation instead of being recognized as guardians of the forest who have sustainably cared for these lands for generati

#14October1973 🚨𝟱𝟮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯 𝗨𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 took place, which remains one of the most important events in modern Thai history. A major victory for the people, the protests resulted in the end of 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻’𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲. The significance of the event is further amplified by the university-student leaders' 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵

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