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#Cambodia: Thai academic Vitit Muntarbhorn has resigned from his position as UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews will conduct a country visit to the UK from 8 to 11 December 2025.

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#Myanmar: Serious international crimes are being committed by the junta in the run-up to the elections, says the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) iimm.un.org/en/serious-i...

#Cambodia: UN expert Vitit Muntarbhorn supports peace and confidence-building measures between Cambodia and #Thailand, stresses the importance of promoting #HumanRights, peace, democracy & sustainable development in 🇰🇭.

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UN experts alarmed by Indian counter-terrorism operations violating human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, urge Gov'ts of India & Pakistan to peacefully resolve the long-running conflict which has fuelled the destructive cycle of cross-border violence.
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#Thailand: UN experts alarmed by renewed online attacks, smear campaigns, and harassment of human rights defenders Angkhana Neelapaijit and Sunai Phasuk, urge authorities to protect human rights defenders and their right to freedom of expression.

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Judge acquits three women accused of organising procession outside Istana The judge said the women did not reasonably know that their route was a prohibited area under the Public Order Act. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

#Singapore: Court acquits three women human rights defenders charged under the draconian Public Order Act for their involvement in a peaceful protest in solidarity with Palestine www.straitstimes.com/singapore/co...

#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-...
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#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
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#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

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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