We want #PeopleOverProfit 🚨 In Thailand, the Elite Toasts with Champagne to Mining Expansion while Phichit villagers are Left with Contaminated Water

👇 Read through the blog to better understand the challenges posed by TAFTA, and how trade and investment rules (Free Trade Agreements) protect corporate interests while exposing communities to mining expansion and long-term harm.

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Following the termination of the TAFTA arbitration on 27 November, Kingsgate (Australian mining company) and Thai authorities celebrated ‘a new era of renewed cooperation to deliver long term value for Kingsgate’s shareholders and stakeholders’.

But this is not a new era, this is Business As Usual, where the 1% elite wins it all: licenses, tax exemptions, new investments. While those facing the impacts of corporate misbehaviors are left with nothing. No Accountability, No Justice.

But the fight for justice is not over! The class action lawsuit filed by villagers in 2016 is still underway with the judgement hearing scheduled for 24 March 2026.

Manushya Foundation is on the watch.UN Experts are closely monitoring the situation following the UN Complaint we sent on 19 July 2024 to 13 UN Special Procedures.

We will support the villagers until they get what they deserve!

📣 Help us amplify the voices of Phichit villagers. Share our UN Complaint: bit.ly/PhichitUNComplaint1

🔗 Access the UN’s response here: bit.ly/PhichitUNComplaint

#JusticeForPhichit #Thailand #CorporateAccountability #Mining