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#Thailand: Examination of prosecution witnesses continued today at the Bangkok South Criminal Court in the trial of the 2 #Uyghur men accused of the August 2015 Bangkok bombing - There has not been an interpreter for the defendants in the last 8 hearings - @fidh.bsky.social observes

Inquiry urged into refugee abduction <p>The Cross Cultural Foundation has petitioned the House committee on Legal Affairs, Justice and Human Rights to investigate whether Thai officials were involved in the abduction and forced return of...

#Thailand: NGO Cross Cultural Foundation petitions the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, Justice, and Human Rights to investigate whether Thai officials were involved in the abduction and forced return of refugee Duong Van Thai to #Vietnam in April 2023 www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

#Singapore: Two more people executed after being found guilty of drug trafficking www.cnb.gov.sg/NewsAndEvent... #NoDeathPenalty

#Asia: @fidh.bsky.social releases new report that shows that over the past five years there has been no significant shift towards the abolition of the death penalty in the region www.fidh.org/en/issues/de... #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty

#Cambodia: “The Cambodian government has used the ongoing border crisis to further limit dissent and civic space.” - Full text of @fidh.bsky.social oral statement at #HRC60 www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

#Cambodia: #HappeningNow - •Interactive dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur on human rights - Watch live from Geneva webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1l... #HRC60

#Laos: UN body publishes findings and recommendations after its review of the country’s situation of economic, social, and cultural rights, expresses concern over intimidation, harassment, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance of human rights defenders tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

Trial opens over Bangkok murder of French-Cambodian ex-MP BANGKOK: An alleged gunman went on trial on Tuesday (Sep 30) in Bangkok over the murder of a Cambodian opposition politician whose widow called for a full accounting of

#Thailand: Trial of Thai gunman who confessed to the murder of former Cambodian opposition lawmaker Lim Kimya begins in Bangkok www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/french-...
#Cambodia

#NorthKorea: “The victims cannot wait another decade for justice. Their rights and dignity must be upheld, their suffering must be neither forgotten nor ignored.” - @nkdb.bsky.social & @fidh.bsky.social oral statement at #HRC60 www.fidh.org/en/region/as... #DPRK

#Thailand: The trial of Bilal Mohammed and Yusufu Mieraili, the two #Uyghurs accused of the bombing of the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok in August 2015, resumes today in Bangkok - The two have been on trial since February 2016 and detained for more than 10 years - @fidh.bsky.social observing

46th Meeting, 78th Session, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Consideration of Lao PDR

#Laos: Day 1 of the review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Right (CESCR) - Watch live from Geneva today from 18:00 GMT webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1g... #CESCR78

China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability China has exported its village surveillance model to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, where Chinese police are piloting fingerprint and data collection to curb social unrest, officials and locals confirmed to Reuters.

#China exports village surveillance model to the Solomon Islands, where Chinese police are piloting fingerprint and data collection, raising human rights concerns www.reuters.com/world/china/...

#Myanmar: Full text of @fidh.bsky.social’s oral statement at #HRC60
www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

#Myanmar: “The sham elections are a recipe for disaster with serious implications for Myanmar’s regional neighbors, including those sitting on this Council, such as Bangladesh, China, and Thailand.” - @altsean.bsky.social’s @debbiestot.bsky.social #HRC60

HC Türk updates the Human Rights Council: “We need to safeguard eighty years of progress on freedom, equality and justice” Trilingual version (PDF)Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates,Human rights — all human rights — are the solid foundations of flourishing societies.

#Asia key situations covered by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in his global update at #HRC60:

-Afghanistan
-Cambodia
-China/Hong Kong
-Indonesia
-Iran
-Myanmar

Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam were also mentioned

www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

1st Meeting - 60th Session of Human Rights Council 60th regular session of the Human Rights Council (08 September – 08 October 2025)

#Myanmar: #HappeningNow- Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on reports of the UN High Commissioner and Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar - Watch live from Geneva webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u...

#Thailand: Pro-democracy activist and People’s Party elected Member of Parliament Chonthicha Jangrew found guilty of lèse-majesté and sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison - She’s now awaiting the outcome of her bail application at the Bangkok Criminal Court

#Thailand: Bangkok Criminal Court set to deliver verdict in lèse-majesté case against prominent pro-democracy activist and People’s Party elected Member of Parliament Chonthicha Jangrew - @fidh.bsky.social observing

On the frontline of Cambodia’s environmental battles In July 2024, 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: Documentary screening and panel discussion - On the frontline of Cambodia’s environmental battles - September 4, 7pm at FCCT Bangkok www.fccthai.com/events/533

Why Thailand’s Politics Are in Constant Crisis

#Thailand: Since its establishment in 1997, the country’s Constitutional Court has dissolved 111 political parties — many of them popular, pro-democracy parties, writes the @nytimes.com - Why Thailand’s politics are in constant crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

UNHCR welcomes Royal Thai Government resolution providing long-term refugees the right to work UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today commended the Royal Thai Government’s adoption of a resolution that will grant long-staying refugees from Myanmar the right to work in Thailand.

#Thailand: Government adopts resolution that will grant long-staying refugees from #Myanmar the right to work www.unhcr.ca/news/unhcr-w...

#Myanmar: #Rohingya's safe return is impossible until crimes against them end and perpetrators held accountable, says Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), which is also investigating destruction/dispossession of Rohingya land/property iimm.un.org/en/rohingyas...

#Maldives: @fidh.bsky.social joins 8 other groups in calling on the government to abandon the introduction of the death penalty for drug trafficking and to abolish capital punishment

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.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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...