Executive Director of @FortifyRights. Working for #humanrights. Focus on #SoutheastAsia.
Joined August 2011
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Shameful that @UNHCRAsia is lending its legitimacy to this deeply illegitimate and brutal regime - and for what ends? Does @Refugees really think that doing a deal with the SAC will buy them increased humanitarian access? Or is it all about courting donors?
UNHCR is now the 5th UN agency to meet publicly with the Myanmar junta as reported in the Global New Light - see below. These are tough operational decisions, but this is likely to lead to yet further backlash from civil society in Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Ukraine's President Zelensky says 30% of the country's power stations have been destroyed in Russia's latest round of attacks cnn.it/3MDivXY
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The Kremlin’s strikes in Ukraine today hit non-military targets and killed civilians. They demonstrate again who is in the right and who is in the wrong. To the people of Ukraine: The United States stands with you.
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32 years since the #8888Uprising, and the people of Myanmar are still fighting for freedom of expression and assembly #FOE #FOA.
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On #WorldRefugeeDay,
@FortifyRights visits Rohmad Ruengprat, who supports #refugees in Thailand with food, support, and a place to turn. He is an #EverydayRights hero. 🙌🏼🏡
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Hi all, my WhatsApp has a security breach. So please don’t respond to any messages you get from my number until further notice.
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“Allowing businesses to use judicial harassment to threaten critics & monitors harms not only those involved but all of society.
Thailand’s business community should be concerned about the negative reputational effects of this.” @AmyAlexSmith
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#Myanmar: Join @athan_info and @FortifyRights on April 23 for the joint report launch of “Our Demands are for All Students." Hear from @Chaungalay, @thinzashunleiyi, @BogartJacob, and @AmyAlexSmith. With powerful photographs from @hkun_lat.
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Tune in this Thurs, Apr 23 at 10am Myanmar Time for @athan_info & @FortifyRights virtual press conference & report launch on protest restrictions, torture in prison. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
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Controversial Thai chicken company Thammakaset files new complaint against another woman human rights defender. Thanaporn Saleephol is the 7th woman #HRD to face charges for exercising rights since 2018. #EndSLAPP mailchi.mp/fortifyrights/dis…
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Team @FortifyRights, @forum_asia, & others along w members of the diplomatic community stand with Nan Win, a human rights defender from Myanmar facing spurious criminal charges in Thailand. #EndSLAPP
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Jirawut Uaesungkomsate is a #Thai artist raising awareness of #refugees through virtual reality — check out his latest work here. Developed with @AmnestyThailand
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In Solidarity with @AngkhanaNee and other relatives of victims of enforced disappearance in #Thailand and around the world. 16 years since lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit’s disappearance, but his memory lives on. Crucial to implement national law without delay.
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Today, the trial against Nan Win, a human rights defender from Myanmar, opened today in Thailand's Saraburi Provincial Court. He is facing spurious criminal charges brought by the Thai poultry company, Thammakaset.
Thai authorities should drop his case & #EndSLAPP.
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Our team @FortifyRights was honored to be part of @YasminJUllah's trip to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh last month to meet #Rohingya refugees, including women & youth. Great discussions on int'l justice, the diaspora, and connecting Rohingya communities around the world.
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It is an honor to have worked with amazing #Rohingya women this year. #InternationalWomensDay
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We appreciate the support from the diplomat community in Thailand on #Thammakaset trial observations & promoting freedom of expression, protection of HRDs in Thailand.
Thank you @JamesAndersenNZ for organizing the briefing.
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Encouraged to see continued interest by the diplomat community in Thailand on #Thammakaset cases.
Reflections by HRDs affected by #SLAPP judicial harassment: Suthasinee Kaewleklai, Nan Win, @PuttaneeKangkun & @CRC_Thai lawyer Tittasat Soodsan, providing pro bono legal support.
