@reaproy.bsky.social
Human rights & labor activist, working mostly in SE Asia. FCCT Board member and chair of Programs Committee. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. SAIS Grad. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker
Excellent report on the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 by Voice of Democracy (VOD), which is making an amazing underground comeback after being banned by the regime in Phnom Penh. #MNC5 are the heart of the Cambodian environmental movement & must be freed! #FreetheMNC5 www.vodkhmer.news/2026/03/03/i...
04.03.2026 10:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Laos must seriously investigate prominent dissident’s death www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
03.03.2026 10:36 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
"By denying them bail & deliberately slow-walking the appeals court process, the government wants to compel these 5 green heroes to apologize & plead for mercy, but that's not going to happen." Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 have done nothing wrong, free them now! #MNC5 www.ucanews.com/amp/cambodia...
03.03.2026 08:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Speaking to @cambodianess.com about the unjust imprisonment of the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5. “They should not have to spend a single day more behind bars” because they were simply exercising their civil & political rights in a peaceful fashion. Let the #MNC5 go now! cambodianess.com/article/moth...
03.03.2026 08:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
More than 600 days in prison for the Mother Nature Cambodia 5! This travesty of justice must end now for the #MNC5. Free them immediately & unconditionally. #Cambodia
02.03.2026 08:42 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
More news about the unacceptable denial of bail for the Mother Nature Cambodia 5 #MNC5 in Phnom Penh this morning. Peaceful expression & public assembly for environmental protection should absolutely NOT be a crime. It's time to #FreetheMNC5 now! #Cambodia www.licadho-cambodia.org/flashnews.ph...
02.03.2026 04:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thailand's economy about to take serious collateral damage from the Trump/Bibi war on Iran.
Another great editorial cartoon by Stephff.
Cheryl, you don't know WTF you are talking about. These 40 people had nothing to do with anything in Syria. So kindly piss off with your allegations of "fake news" because you are completely clueless about this.
02.03.2026 03:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No idea why.
02.03.2026 03:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New event
📆6th March
🕖19:00 Thailand time
At @fccthai.bsky.social Panel: "Impacts in South and Southeast Asia from Russia’s Illegal War in Ukraine: Atrocities, Exploitation, and Accountability"
W/ @oksanapokalchuk.bsky.social @reaproy.bsky.social & more
Details:
www.fccthai.com/event/impact...
Outrageous & unacceptable decision by #Cambodia's gov't controlled court to again deny bail to the Mother Nature Cambodia 5 #MNC5 who now have been in prison for more than 600 days. Peacefully exercising rights to demand environmental protection is NOT a crime. #FreetheMNC5 now!
02.03.2026 03:43 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0@mtacalendar.bsky.social @milkteaalliance.bsky.social Including discussion on what's happening in #Myanmar, and duplicitous, forced recruitment of #Bangladesh men by Russians, forcing them to flight on the frontlines of the conflict.
28.02.2026 06:27 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Look forward to moderating @fortifyrights.bsky.social & Truth Hounds panel on the Russian invasion of #Ukraine & impacts it's having in South and SE Asia. Free & open to all, 7 March at 7 pm in #Bangkok at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social. Should be a fascinating discussion. www.fccthai.com/event/impact...
28.02.2026 06:25 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
“Thai gov't still has blood on their hands from their heartless, rights-abusing forced return of the Uyghurs to China to face detention, torture, forced labor, & worse. It’s basically impossible to fully state how completely wronged these men were by the Thai state" www.ucanews.com/news/thailan...
28.02.2026 04:27 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
“The abuse of lese majeste charges in Thailand should end & all those held should be released. The government’s prosecution of Pimsiri Petchnamrob specifically for criticizing lese majeste law marks further backsliding on fundamental freedoms in Thailand” says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
24.02.2026 15:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Standing with #Ukraine on the 4th anniversary of Russia's criminal, outrageous & unacceptable invasion of Ukraine -- in #Bangkok today!
24.02.2026 12:13 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Film showing in #Bangkok of the effort to break #Israel's humanitarian blockade of #Gaza - the story of the Al Awda ship and activists, done by independent Singaporean film maker Jason Woo. See below for details of the event on 1 March. @mtacalendar.bsky.social
24.02.2026 06:45 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Then worth watching @hrw.org Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding — 2026 World Report Asia Release w/ @elainepearson.bsky.social @reaproy.bsky.social & more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09C...
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Statement by the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand (FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social) on the outrageous 20 year sentence against publisher Jimmy Lai in #HongKong. Clear violation of media freedom, freedom of expression.
www.fccthai.com/news/fcct-st...
Statement by the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand (FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social) on the outrageous 20 year sentence against publisher Jimmy Lai in #HongKong. Clear violation of media freedom, freedom of expression.
www.fccthai.com/news/fcct-st...
Onwards with the Thai election - should be a fascinating week to come as they sort out who will be the government.
08.02.2026 05:45 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Enjoyed joining the round-robin discussion about the upcoming Thai election on TRT's The Newsmakers last night. The conversation starts at the 6 minute mark.
#ThailandElection26 #WhatsHappeninginThailand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlA0...
In action yesterday at the FCCT in Bangkok. Thanks to HRW for asking me to come back and moderate their panel to launch the World Report yesterday.
06.02.2026 01:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Enjoyed joining the round-robin discussion about the upcoming Thai election on TRT's The Newsmakers last night. The conversation starts at the 6 minute mark.
#ThailandElection26 #WhatsHappeninginThailand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlA0...
It was a great pleasure to help moderate the Human Rights Watch's release in Asia of their World Report - yesterday at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in Bangkok. Seen here with the HRW crew after the launch.
06.02.2026 01:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coming this Thursday, 5 Feb at 10:30am at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok - Human Rights Watch will launch its annual World Report w/discussion of rights developments in 2025 across the Asia region by Asia director @elainepearson.bsky.social & team. www.fccthai.com/event/declin... #Rights2026
02.02.2026 10:04 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Part of the answer about why so many rabid #MAGA supporters are totally clueless about the world comes from their steady intake of Fox News. Here's a case in point.
02.02.2026 04:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
RAP CON WE RAP, WE VOTE TRIPLE EDGE / LIBERATE P / ISEAST HOCKHACKER / ELEVENFINGER 3BONE / OLDNEW / POI / DJ XULALIT BANGKOK ART AND CULTURALCENTRE, THAILAND 4 Feb 2026 FREE ENTRY START AT 8 PM
Events FCCThai Clubhouse February 5, 2026 • 10:30 Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding — 2026 World Report Asia Release By Human Rights Watch Free and open to all.
Wed:
RAP CON in Bangkok! at BACC, Bringing together rap & hip-hop artists who are committed to political & social struggles.
Thurs:
@hrw.org hold Launch of "Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2026" in Bangkok, at @fccthai.bsky.social w/ @elainepearson.bsky.social @reaproy.bsky.social & more
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Horrible haze hanging over Bangkok today 😪
31.01.2026 08:11 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Harking back to Melania's outfit that she wore on a visit to migrant children in a detention center. Great torching of her absolute flop of a movie....
31.01.2026 01:59 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0