Phil Robertson

Thailand Girds For Early 2026 Polls Amid Economic Stagnation Months of political instability expected to ensue

Speaking to Asia Sentinel about the topsy-turvy world of Thai politics as PM Anutin's government stumbles towards an early dissolution of Parliament and elections, courtesy of a certain Pheu Thai no confidence motion. #WhatsHappeninginThailand #Thailand www.asiasentinel.com/p/thailand-g...

PM distances himself from Mauerberger as old group photo resurfaces Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he knows Benjamin Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, but that he is not close to him.

Looks like "Ben Smith" has been all over #Thailand's elite circles for awhile. Birds of a feather flock together, yet again. Lots of explaining to do by PM Anutin and his team.

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Photos of Anutin, Ekniti with key scam suspect trigger uproar Only hours after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul presided over a press conference to announce a crackdown on alleged major scam networks on Wednesday, photos of him taken with one of the key suspec...

Are PM Anutin's declarations of cracking down on scammers more about trying to create distance and whitewash his association with some of them? This is the question that voters across #Thailand are asking today! #WhatsHappeninginThailand world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/photo...

Events FCCThai Clubhouse December 15, 2025 • 19:00 Transnational repression and the forced return of Montagnard rights advocate and refugee Y Qing Bdap

Event reschedule (date)
📆15th Dec
🕖19:00 Thailand Time

@fccthai.bsky.social hold panel "Transnational repression & the forced return of Montagnard rights advocate and refugee Y Qing Bdap"
w/ Nadthasiri Bergman, Cynthia Veliko, Sanhawan Srisod & @reaproy.bsky.social

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Events FCCThai Clubhouse December 10, 2025 • 11:00 The launch of the Sham Election Tracker (SET): Monitoring the junta’s illegitimate election and related human rights violations Free and open to all.

New event!
📆10th Dec
🕚11am Thailand time

Join Sham Election Tracker Working Group (SET WG) for the launch of their sham election tracker at @fccthai.bsky.social w/ @khinohmar.bsky.social Pai, @special-council.bsky.social Amael Vier @reaproy.bsky.social

www.fccthai.com/event/the-la...

@altdhs.altgov.info @jbpritzker.bsky.social @state-department.bsky.social @secrubio.govpeeps.us @secnoem.govpeeps.us

Rights groups slam US move to end protected status for Myanmar nationals Rights advocates and Myanmar observers are condemning Washington’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the United States, warning that the move could ...

Blasting clueless & cruel DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for her nonsensical decision to end TPS for Burmese nationals residing in the USA. “By revoking temporary protected status, she will literally be sending them back to prisons, brutal torture, and death in #Myanmar” www.bnionline.net/en/news/righ...

Transnational repression and the forced return of Montagnard rights advocate and refugee Y Qing Bdap | FCCT Join us for Transnational repression and the forced return of Montagnard rights advocate and refugee Y Qing Bdap at FCCT. Dec 10, 2025. Members free, non-members 450 baht, students and Thai press with...

On Int'l Human Rights Day (10 Dec, 7 pm), FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social will discuss transnational repression & forced return of #Montagnard refugee Y Qing Bdap to #Vietnam, where he will face 10 years in prison & torture in custody, with NGOs, UN, & hopefully Thai gov't www.fccthai.com/event/transn...

Thailand extradites Vietnamese activist Y Quynh Bdap sent back two days after court ruling, despite warnings from rights groups

Outrageous & unacceptable transnational repression between #Thailand & #Vietnam, two members of the UN Human Rights Council, to force #Montagnard human rights activist Y Qing Bdap to face torture & imprisonment in Vietnam. An absolutely shameful, horrible act. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

Bangkok night vision.

This charge against this activist is ridiculous and should be immediately & unconditionally dropped.

The universe is an artist An art exhibition by Stephff Bangkok art and culture centre, Exhibition Gallery, 3rd floor 2 to 14th Dec opening hours 10 - 20:00 hours Exhibition opening 2nd dec 18:00

New events!
📆2nd - 14th Dec (Exhibition)
📆2nd Dec 🕕6pm Thailand time (Exhibition opening)

At Bangkok art and culture centre exhibition "The Universe is an artist" and art exhibition by Stephff a political cartoonist.

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#Cambodia government should end the house imprisonment of opposition leader Kem Sokha, & unconditionally quash the politically motivated conviction (by a CPP controlled kangaroo court) of him when his appeal trial starts on 18 Dec 2025. Phnom Penh based embassies should observe the trial.

And the guy in front is Stephen Miller.

DHS decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Burmese nationals in the US is “the worst of the worst foreign policy ever seen from the Trump administration in Southeast Asia”, & will mean that deported Myanmar nationals face “prisons, brutal torture and death.” www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmar...

The real story behind Trump's pardon of the Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House ;-)

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

This is truly insane, now the Trump regime is arresting spouses of US citizens when they report for their green card interviews. ICE has become an increasingly lawless, chaotic private militia, terrorizing people across America. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

YouTube video by FCCT 2025.11.25 A conversation with Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow

Full video of the conversation with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok on 25 Nov - talking about the region, #Myanmar, #Cambodia, and other issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5lU... #WhatsHappeninginThailand

CALLING FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT! Severe Flooding in Southern Thailand Catastrophic floods have swept across 10 southern provinces, affecting over 700,000 households, more than 1.9 million people. Many communities are facing serious damage, injuries, and loss of life. To raise emergency funds, we are selling digital stickers from our campaign and our allies' campaigns. 300 THB roughly 9 USD We will provide donation updates on Twitter (X) @MilkTeaTHA All proceeds will go directly to organizations and groups providing rescue operations, victim support, and assistance for evacuees. คนไทยและผู้มีบัญชี ธนาคารไทยสามารถบรีจาค ถึงองค์กรต่าง ได้โดยตรง Thai citizens and anyone with a Thai bank account can donate directly to the organizations.

#MilkTeaAlliance Thailand, Solidarity Collective TH & Thai 4 Palestine are running a digital sticker sale to raise funds to support the victims of the flooding in Southern Thailand.

Available here:
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Rights groups slam Trump administration for ending Myanmar deportation protection Rights groups have criticized the Trump administration's decision to end deportation protections for Myanmar citizens

Speaking to Associated Press about DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's outrageous & unacceptable decision to end Temporary Permanent Status for Burmese in the US. #Myanmar #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Compare and contrast!

FCCThai Clubhouse December 17, 2025 • 19:00 The upcoming election in Myanmar: Democratic opportunity or farce? Members free, non-members 450 baht, students and Thai press with ID 150 baht.

New event!
📆17th Dec
🕖7pm Thailand Time

@fccthai.bsky.social host panel talk "The upcoming election in Myanmar: Democratic opportunity or farce?" In BKK

W/ @debbiestot.bsky.social @khinohmar.bsky.social Amael Vier & @reaproy.bsky.social

Details:
www.fccthai.com/event/the-up...

If her order is carried out, she will literally be sending them back to prisons, brutal torture, and death in Myanmar. This is some of the worst of the worst foreign policy ever seen from the Trump Administration in Southeast Asia.”

By revoking temporary protected status for Burmese residing in the US without US citizenship & asserting that it is safe for them to return to military controlled #Myanmar in the middle of a civil war, Homeland Secretary Kirsti Noem is treating those people just like her family’s dog that she shot.

YouTube video by New York Times Opinion Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved

Inhumane, rights abusing detention of legal immigrants by ICE in the US - must see report by the @nytimes.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4X0...

The dark truth behind supermarket tuna Major retailers are selling tuna from fisheries where crews say they are exploited and abused

Exposing the dark side of the tuna fishing industry, great report by the Financial Times. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...

With my friend Grace Bui & lawyers from Cross-Cultural Foundation, filing a complaint with the Thanyaburi AG's office about the enforced disappearance of Thai Van Duong, a Vietnamese refugee snatched in April 23 by a Vietnam government squad off the streets of Pathum Thani & forced back to #Vietnam

Stephff on target with the threats of scam centers to Thailand's tourism industry, and the government's big talk show about it.

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Over 120 Scholars and Activists Urge Cambodia, Thailand to Honor Peace Accord Amid Rising Border Tensions PHNOM PENH--More than 120 academics and community activists from Thailand, Cambodia, and around the world have issued an urgent warning that rising border te...

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