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Seoul’s moment to lead on North Korean human rights - The Korea Times Approximately 70,000 people are currently imprisoned in North Korea’s concentration camps. The regime uses revenue from their forced labor to fund the very missile programs that put nearly 10 million....

[Opinion] Seoul’s moment to lead on North Korean human rights - by Lee Shin-wha www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/2025... #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #DPRK

UN expert Tom Andrews appalled by US withdrawal of sanctions against companies providing weapons to #Myanmar junta, calling it a major step backward that undermines international efforts to save lives by restricting murderous junta’s access to weapons.

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The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham - a new briefing paper by Burma Campaign UK.

Read our media release here burmacampaign.org.uk/another-sham...

The briefing paper is available at burmacampaign.org.uk/media/The-Bu...

UN experts condemn ongoing mass returns of #Afghan nationals – many of them #refugees – from Iran & Pakistan. They call for returns to be halted immediately, saying Afghanistan is not a safe country for returnees since the #Taliban seized control.

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Thailand: United Nations body concerned over women’s rights and gender equality The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), and Freedom Bridge welcome the United Nations (UN) (…)

#Thailand: United Nations body concerned over women’s rights and gender equality www.fidh.org/en/region/as... #CEDAW91

Vietnam: Briefing paper for the 13th EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) today publishes a new briefing paper, ahead of the 13th European Union (EU)-Vietnam human (…)

#Vietnam: Ahead of the upcoming EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue, @fidh.bsky.social and @vchr-queme.bsky.social release a new briefing paper on key political and human rights developments since the previous dialogue in July 2024 www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

Thailand: Tenth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa on 'lèse-majesté' charges New information THA 002 / 1025 / OBS 038.8 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Thailand 15 July 2025 The Observatory for the (…)

#Thailand: Immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa, who’s serving a total prison sentence of more than 29 years under Article 112 of the Criminal Code (lèse-majesté) www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...

UN experts urge #Thailand to drop charges against Pimsiri Petchnamrob & other pro-democracy rights defenders.

Experts reiterate their call to the Govt of 🇹🇭 to revise & repeal lèse-majesté laws, which suppress freedom of expression & peaceful assembly.

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Govt nods for UN rights office The interim government on Thursday approved a proposal to establish an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangladesh -- initially for three years...

#Bangladesh: Interim government approves proposal to establish a UN human rights office in the country for at least three years, ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment www.newagebd.net/post/country...

4245st Meeting, 144th Session, Human Rights Committee (CCPR) Consideration of Viet Nam (cont'd)

#Vietnam: Day 2 of the UN Human Rights Committee’s review of the situation of civil and political rights in the country - Watch live from Geneva today from 08:00 GMT webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1d... #CCPR144

4244th Meeting, 144th Session, Human Rights Committee (CCPR) Consideration of Viet Nam

#Vietnam: Day 1 of the UN Human Rights Committee’s review of the situation of civil and political rights in the country - Watch live from Geneva today from 13:00 GMT webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i... #CCPR144

North Korea: Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities On 4 July 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its partner organisation Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (…)

#NorthKorea: @fidh.bsky.social & @nkdb.bsky.social submit report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which will review the #DPRK’s situation on 12 August 2025 www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

China must not interfere in the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama At a time when the Chinese government is seeking to assert full control over Tibetan Buddhism — including the deeply spiritual process of identifying the Dalai Lama’s successor — the EU must speak wit...

[Opinion] #China must not interfere in the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama - by 34 members of the @europarl.europa.eu euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Young activists risk all to defend Cambodia’s environment One year ago, Cambodia jailed five activists from the award-winning environmentalist group Mother Nature Cambodia for plotting against the government, after they had sounded the alarm about river poll...

#Cambodia: The Clearing - Mother Nature’s young activists risk all to defend the environment - Must-see @mongabay.com video news.mongabay.com/video/2025/0...

#Iran: “We urge the Iranian government to reconsider its position on key recommendations—particularly those related to the death penalty, women’s rights and gender equality, and civic space.” - @fidh.bsky.social oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council www.fidh.org/en/region/as... #HRC59

For first time since 2022, Japan executes death-row inmate Takahiro Shiraishi's execution was the first since July 2022 and the first under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration.

A man on death row for killing nine people in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2017 was executed Friday, in the first execution in Japan since 2022.

The flag of Thailand flying from the side of a building, with some greenery in the background.

Hearing disturbing news about the ongoing judicial harassment of pro-democracy woman human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob. #Thailand must stop issuing “lèse-majesté” charges against HRDs exercising their legitimate right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly now.

The challenges of the Constitutional Court The Constitutional Court has endured significant political pressure and played a major role in navigating the country through repeated political crises, including the dissolution of political parties ...

#Thailand: Constitutional Court tells counterparts from several countries about its achievements since 1997 - mostly the removal from office of democratically-elected prime ministers and the dissolution of key political parties www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/pol...

Statement: Four Years Too Long: Free Dang Dinh Bach - International Rivers June 24, 2025 – Four years ago this month, environmental lawyer and climate justice advocate Dang Dinh Bach (Bach) was unjustly arrested in his home and imprisoned by the Vietnamese authorities. As we...

#Vietnam: Immediately release environmental lawyer and climate justice advocate Dang Dinh Bach, who marks four years of arbitrary detention today www.internationalrivers.org/news/stateme...  #FreeBach #StandWithBach

2155th Meeting, 91st Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Consideration of Thailand (cont'd)

#Thailand: Review of the situation of women’s rights and gender equality by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) continues - Watch live from Geneva today from 13:00 GMT webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1g... #CEDAW91

Evaluating X: A Community-Led Human Rights Impact Assessment Human Rights in China (HRIC) has conducted a Community Led Assessment of Rights Impacts in the Tech Industry (CLARITI) on X, formerly known as Twitter, Inc. As one of the predominant online platforms ...

NEW: HRIC's rights impact assessment on X (Twitter) finds that X’s policies and enforcement have had a disproportionately negative impact on Chinese human rights defenders who seek to express themselves freely outside of China’s Great Firewall. Read the report: open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...

2154th Meeting, 91st Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Consideration of Thailand

#Thailand: Review of the situation of women’s rights and gender equality by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - Watch live from Geneva today from 08:00 GMT webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f... #CEDAW91

Leaked footage and prison logs reveal Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in detention Exclusive: Video and documents give rare glimpse inside daily life of the imprisoned civilian leader as she nears her 80th birthday

#Myanmar: Leaked footage and prison logs reveal Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in detention www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Israel/Iran: immediately de-escalate conflict, protect civilians The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) are (…)

#Iran/Israel: Immediately de-escalate conflict, protect civilians - @fidh.bsky.social statement www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

#India: Ahead of his birthday, @fidh.bsky.social and other international human rights groups reiterate their call for the release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, arbitrarily detained since November 2021 www.fidh.org/en/region/as... #Kashmir #FreeKhurramParvez

#Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi spends her 80th birthday in a secret prison and has been arbitrarily detained by the junta for more than four years | #FreeDawSuu and all other political prisoners in the country

‪The court adjourns proceedings to July 2, when defense and prosecution will seek to find an agreement to reduce the number of remaining witnesses - To date, there are still 125 witnesses to examine ‬

#Thailand: Trial of Bilal Mohammed and Yusufu Mieraili, the 2 #Uyghurs accused of Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine bombing in August 2015, resumes today at the Bangkok South Criminal Court - The 2 have been on trial since February 2016 and detained for almost 10 years - @fidh.bsky.social observes

Myanmar's earthquake survivors accuse the military of holding up aid Human rights groups fear the military is using logistical challenges as an excuse to withhold aid from rebel-held areas.

#Myanmar: Junta blocks the flow of aid to earthquake affected areas it doesn't control, continues to restrict internet communications and target civilians with air strikes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04... #MyanmarEarthquake

The groups say the regime must not be allowed to exploit overseas assistance or deny access to resistance-held areas hit by last Friday’s massive quake

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