For over 20 years, Phichit villagers have sought justice for the harms they suffered in relation to the activities of the Chatree Gold Mine in Central Thailand. Every step of the way, Thai authorities were bowing down to the 1% elite -  granting licences, approving expansion while ignoring villagers’ call for justice - putting profit over people.  Despite risks, including SLAPP cases, villagers never stop fighting for what is right - for their rights - petitioning authorities

Severe flooding continues to devastate Pattani in what is now dubbed as the heaviest rainfall in 300 years. Roads are cut off and help from agencies is difficult to access. Our courageous activist friends at the Sai Youth Organization / Persatuan Pemuda Sai (Persai) have opened a flood relief center, working around the clock to support affected families. If you can, please donate today to support their life-saving work: 🏦 Kasikornbank: 138-8-76761-4 Account Name: นุรดิน มากอ

On 18 June, Manushya’s Founder Emilie Pradichit courageously addressed the CEDAW Committee Members to expose the reality WHRDs in Thailand face: transnational repression in the form of abductions, threats, enforced disappearances, and even killings. She also shared our team’s own experiences of being targeted for protecting these women. For speaking truth to power, these women from neighboring authoritarian regimes are forced to flee their homes… only to face renewed danger,

Last 29-31 October, Neïla Mangin Maïza, Manushya Foundation’s Corporate Accountability and Climate Justice Advisor, joined the Building Solidarity, Advancing Accountability Across Asia's Global Supply Chains Conference   in Seoul. Convened by   KTNC Watch, Human Rights Now and TTNC Watch, the conference gathered civil society and experts from East and South East Asia to build solidarity and strategise how to fight corporate impunity. Over the years, companies based in Japan,

Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop for Southern Thailand HAT YAI, THAILAND   –  On 11-12 November 2025, Manushya Foundation, together with Young Pride Foundation , the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED) , LBT Wellbeing , and the Thai Coalition for the UPR , successfully hosted its second Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop. This marked the second step in a nationwide collective journey of four regional workshops taking place between October 2

For more than 20 years, Phichit villagers, in Central Thailand, have been fighting for justice against the Chatree Gold Mine’s pollution and human rights violations. They filed petitions, joined public hearings, brought class action lawsuits yet justice has never been delivered . When the mine reopened in 2023, despite all the evidence of contamination and harm, the villagers’ pain was ignored once again. That’s why, on 19 July 2024, Manushya Foundation and Phichit villagers

PARIS, FRANCE (20 November 2025) — On 27-30 October 2025, Manushya Foundation’s resident human right lawyer and member of the Corporate Accountability and Climate Justice team, Cherry Waranya, joined the OECD Watch delegation in Paris for a series of critical meetings at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These discussions brought together over seventy governments, civil society, and business actors to shape global standards on responsible busi

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

You can’t spell Resistance without Rest! 🪷Here are 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱:  ✨ Tibetan Singing Bowl  💆 Thai Massage with Wooden Tools  🍫 Cocoa Making as Mind Therapy  💖 Happiness Board During our recent UPR Capacity-Building Workshop in Hat Yai, we facilitated a Wellbeing session where activists and Indigenous leaders across Southern Thailand could pause and reconnect through practices rooted in loc