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FIDH (@fidh_en) Asia Desk Director. Posting about human rights, democracy (or lack thereof), and political developments in Asia - [email protected]
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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. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
#Laos: Four UN human rights experts wrote to the government to raise concerns over “possible instances of transnational repression” against exiled human rights defender Joseph Akaravong in France in June 2025 spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…
BREAKING: NHRC investigation results released, indicating the Government, National Security Council (NSC), and Immigration Bureau (IB) violated human rights and the international principle of non-refoulement by sending Uyghur people back to China, exposing them to danger. Nov 7,…
#Malaysia: UN human rights experts call for the release of Thanakorn Sinsanoi, a transgender woman with disabilities currently serving a 30-year sentence in a male prison, amid concerns that she could be a victim of trafficking. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
Afghanistan is suffering the most extreme and systematic assault on gender equality of our time - UN expert @SR_Afghanistan warns #UNGA against normalising Taliban, urges States to recommit to sustained funding & stand firm on human rights. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
#Laos: National Election Committee calls on citizens to “to actively participate in the upcoming national election” in the one-party state vientianetimes.org.la/sub-new/Previo…
Millions of supporters of Bangladesh’s Awami League will boycott next year’s national election, after the party was barred from contesting the polls, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Reuters from her exile in New Delhi reut.rs/4hywopJ
Authorities in #Vietnam have held a @BBC journalist’s ID and passport for months, subjecting them to repeated questioning and preventing them from leaving the country. Authorities must return the documents and allow the journalist to travel freely. @VNGovtPortal #PressFreedom…
Myanmar's military government will hold the second phase of its multi-stage election on January 11, state media said, a vote dismissed as a sham by Western countries, the United Nations and human rights groups reut.rs/3WNB0Pz
🇹🇭#Thailand: @OBS_defenders is deeply alarmed by the online death threats and hate speech directed at Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and human rights researcher Sunai Phasuk following their public comments on the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict. 👉omct.org/en/resources/s…
The Criminal Court sentenced pro-democracy activist Natthanit “Baipor” Duangmusit of the Thalu Wang group to two years in prison for lese-majeste over a poll on the monarchy’s powers. The sentence was reduced from three years in light of her age, student status, and contributions…
The @ASEAN leaders must firmly reject plans by #Myanmar’s military junta to hold illegitimate elections designed to entrench military rule & ease international pressure, says @RapporteurUn Tom Andrews ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
#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 straitstimes.com/singapore/cour…
🇸🇬#Singapore: Verdict due 21/10 in the trial of WHRDs & @tjc_singapore members @Kokilaparvathi & Sobikun Nahar, and content creator Siti Amirah Asrori, prosecuted over a peaceful pro-Palestinian assembly.📣The authorities must end all acts of harassment! 👉fidh.org/en/issues/huma…
#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_en observes
🇨🇳#China:10 years ago, Swedish publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped in🇹🇭#Thailand, sentenced to 10 years in prison 5 years later, despite Sweden's demands for his release & his poor health. 📣@OBS_defenders & #HumanRights org. call for his immediate release. fidh.org/en/region/asia…
#Thailand: @CrCF_Thailand 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 bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener…
#Singapore: Two more people executed after being found guilty of drug trafficking cnb.gov.sg/NewsAndEvents/… #NoDeathPenalty
BERSIH Press Release 13 October 2025 BERSIH URGES WISMA PUTRA TO WITHDRAW FROM OBSERVING MYANMAR’S SHAM ELECTION The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH) rejects the sham elections organized by the Myanmar junta, scheduled to take place on 28 December 2025. This…
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