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Asia Desk Director at FIDH (fidh.bsky.social). Posting about political developments, human rights, and democracy (or lack thereof) in Asia - [email protected]
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#Nepal 🇳🇵: minorities and Dalits must be empowered to fulfill their rights - says UN expert Nicolas Levrat, concluding his visit to the country.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#Nepal 🇳🇵: minorities and Dalits must be empowered to fulfill their rights - says UN expert Nicolas Levrat, concluding his visit to the country.
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#Bangladesh 🇧🇩: Forensic identification of victims of July 2024 protests a fundamental step towards helping families of the missing fulfil their rights to truth, justice & accountability says UN expert Morris Tidball-Binz. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#Bangladesh 🇧🇩: Forensic identification of victims of July 2024 protests a fundamental step towards helping families of the missing fulfil their rights to truth, justice & accountability says UN expert Morris Tidball-Binz. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Myanmar: Upcoming military-imposed “election” is accompanied by new waves of acute insecurity & violence, continued arrests & detentions of opponents, voter coercion, the use of extensive electronic surveillance tools & systemic discrimination - UN human rights chief www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
Türk says human rights under attack, yet undeterred, in 2025
Good morning – I am very happy to see you, especially as we mark Human Rights Day.Human rights. Underfunded. Undermined. Under attack.And yet. Powerful. Undeterred. Mobilizing.This year no doubt has b...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#Myanmar: Upcoming military-imposed “election” is accompanied by new waves of acute insecurity & violence, continued arrests & detentions of opponents, voter coercion, the use of extensive electronic surveillance tools & systemic discrimination - UN human rights chief www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
#Thailand: @fidh.bsky.social, seven other groups write to the government to express their concerns over the rule of law and human rights, including environmental rights, as the country seeks to join the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social www.fidh.org/en/region/as...
Thailand: Open letter to the government on the OECD accession process
On 8 December 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and seven other non-governmental organizations wrote to the Thai (…)
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December 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#Thailand: @fidh.bsky.social, seven other groups write to the government to express their concerns over the rule of law and human rights, including environmental rights, as the country seeks to join the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social www.fidh.org/en/region/as...
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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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December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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...
Serious international crimes may be committed ahead of Myanmar elections, warns Myanmar Mechanism | Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
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November 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#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...
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#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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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#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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November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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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November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#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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#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...
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.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#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
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#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
#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...
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...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#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
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October 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#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
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
#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...
October 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#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
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#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/...
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#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/...
#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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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
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September 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#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
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#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
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
#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
#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
46th Meeting, 78th Session, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Consideration of Lao PDR
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September 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
#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 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/...
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.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#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: “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
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#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
#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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-Afghanistan
-Cambodia
-China/Hong Kong
-Indonesia
-Iran
-Myanmar
Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam were also mentioned
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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.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#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...
-Afghanistan
-Cambodia
-China/Hong Kong
-Indonesia
-Iran
-Myanmar
Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam were also mentioned
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