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Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers attended the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) Summit at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday and Saturday.
#IPACBrussels25 #StandTogether
#IPACBrussels25 #StandTogether
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers attended the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) Summit at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday and Saturday.
#IPACBrussels25 #StandTogether
#IPACBrussels25 #StandTogether
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🇲🇲 The Arakan Army (AA) must stop using ethnic minorities in Rakhine State for dangerous forced labor at the conflict frontlines.
🇲🇲 The Arakan Army (AA) must stop using ethnic minorities in Rakhine State for dangerous forced labor at the conflict frontlines.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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🇲🇲 The Arakan Army (AA) must stop using ethnic minorities in Rakhine State for dangerous forced labor at the conflict frontlines.
🇲🇲 The Arakan Army (AA) must stop using ethnic minorities in Rakhine State for dangerous forced labor at the conflict frontlines.
🇨🇳 In this latest op-ed, Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers calls on the Vatican to honor Bishop Jia’s courage and stand with China’s persecuted Church.
www.ucanews.com/news/vatican...
www.ucanews.com/news/vatican...
Vatican acts as if China’s underground Church doesn't exist - UCA News
This op-ed critiques the Vatican's silence on the death of Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, a persecuted Chinese underground leader, questioning if it's a move to appease the CCP.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
🇨🇳 In this latest op-ed, Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers calls on the Vatican to honor Bishop Jia’s courage and stand with China’s persecuted Church.
www.ucanews.com/news/vatican...
www.ucanews.com/news/vatican...
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN marks a powerful moment for democracy and human rights in the region.
In his latest op-ed, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers reflects on Timor-Leste’s journey and urges its leaders to use their ASEAN role to advance justice for Myanmar.
shorturl.at/FXi4m
In his latest op-ed, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers reflects on Timor-Leste’s journey and urges its leaders to use their ASEAN role to advance justice for Myanmar.
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Timor-Leste has vital role to play in holding ASEAN’s feet to the fire - UCA News
This op-ed argues that new ASEAN member Timor-Leste, led by José Ramos-Horta, has a moral duty to push the bloc to hold Myanmar's junta accountable at the ICC and reject its sham elections.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN marks a powerful moment for democracy and human rights in the region.
In his latest op-ed, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers reflects on Timor-Leste’s journey and urges its leaders to use their ASEAN role to advance justice for Myanmar.
shorturl.at/FXi4m
In his latest op-ed, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers reflects on Timor-Leste’s journey and urges its leaders to use their ASEAN role to advance justice for Myanmar.
shorturl.at/FXi4m
The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation’s new report “Backdoor to the Battlefield” exposes how Hong Kong-based shell companies channel Canadian electronics into Russia’s weapons supply chain—and why weak sanctions enforcement allows it to continue.
Read the report: shorturl.at/PdBef
Read the report: shorturl.at/PdBef
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation’s new report “Backdoor to the Battlefield” exposes how Hong Kong-based shell companies channel Canadian electronics into Russia’s weapons supply chain—and why weak sanctions enforcement allows it to continue.
Read the report: shorturl.at/PdBef
Read the report: shorturl.at/PdBef
NEW: As world leaders gather for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit in Seoul, Fortify Rights is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to press Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders on grave human rights violations across the region.
🔗 www.fortifyrights.org/reg-inv-2025...
🔗 www.fortifyrights.org/reg-inv-2025...
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
NEW: As world leaders gather for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit in Seoul, Fortify Rights is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to press Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders on grave human rights violations across the region.
🔗 www.fortifyrights.org/reg-inv-2025...
🔗 www.fortifyrights.org/reg-inv-2025...
📝 From June–Sept 2025, Fortify Rights published 20 op-eds in major outlets—exposing atrocity crimes in Myanmar, refugee abuses in Thailand, shrinking civic space in the Mekong, and threats to freedoms from Russia to Hong Kong.
Here are 10 op-eds that capture what drives our work.
Here are 10 op-eds that capture what drives our work.
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
📝 From June–Sept 2025, Fortify Rights published 20 op-eds in major outlets—exposing atrocity crimes in Myanmar, refugee abuses in Thailand, shrinking civic space in the Mekong, and threats to freedoms from Russia to Hong Kong.
Here are 10 op-eds that capture what drives our work.
Here are 10 op-eds that capture what drives our work.
🇲🇾 Myanmar pro-democracy activist and refugee Thuzar Maung and her family, forcibly abducted from their home in Kuala Lumpur in 2023, have been confirmed to be in the custody of Myanmar’s junta two years after their disappearance.
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Malaysia: Abducted Refugee Detained in Myanmar
The Malaysian government should press Myanmar’s junta for the immediate release of a refugee family abducted from Kuala Lumpur in July 2023.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🇲🇾 Myanmar pro-democracy activist and refugee Thuzar Maung and her family, forcibly abducted from their home in Kuala Lumpur in 2023, have been confirmed to be in the custody of Myanmar’s junta two years after their disappearance.
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
🇹🇱 NEW: 36 human rights organizations, including Fortify Rights, are urging President José Ramos-Horta to use the country’s new regional role — and its ICC membership — to push for accountability for atrocity crimes in Myanmar.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🇹🇱 NEW: 36 human rights organizations, including Fortify Rights, are urging President José Ramos-Horta to use the country’s new regional role — and its ICC membership — to push for accountability for atrocity crimes in Myanmar.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
🇲🇲 NEW: Fortify Rights urges the Arakan Army to immediately end its use of forced labor against Rohingya, Hindu, and other minorities in Rakhine State.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🇲🇲 NEW: Fortify Rights urges the Arakan Army to immediately end its use of forced labor against Rohingya, Hindu, and other minorities in Rakhine State.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
🇨🇳 NEW: Fortify Rights calls on Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 22-year-old student and Tibetan-rights activist Zhang Yadi, detained since July 31 for “endangering national security.”
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🇨🇳 NEW: Fortify Rights calls on Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 22-year-old student and Tibetan-rights activist Zhang Yadi, detained since July 31 for “endangering national security.”
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
🇧🇩 Five international human rights organizations, including Fortify Rights, sent a letter to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to strengthen human rights protections, ensure free, fair elections, and guard against future backsliding in Bangladesh.
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/bgd-inv-let-...
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/bgd-inv-let-...
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🇧🇩 Five international human rights organizations, including Fortify Rights, sent a letter to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to strengthen human rights protections, ensure free, fair elections, and guard against future backsliding in Bangladesh.
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/bgd-inv-let-...
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/bgd-inv-let-...
🇹🇭 NEW: The Government of Thailand must protect human rights defenders from harassment and death threats.
Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and HRW’s Senior Advisor Sunai Phasuk seek protection after death threats over comments on the Thai-Cambodia border conflict.
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Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and HRW’s Senior Advisor Sunai Phasuk seek protection after death threats over comments on the Thai-Cambodia border conflict.
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Thailand: Protect Human Rights Defenders Receiving Death Threats - Fortify Rights
Prominent Thai human rights defenders threatened after comments on Thai-Cambodia war
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October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
🇹🇭 NEW: The Government of Thailand must protect human rights defenders from harassment and death threats.
Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and HRW’s Senior Advisor Sunai Phasuk seek protection after death threats over comments on the Thai-Cambodia border conflict.
shorturl.at/r5SCP
Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and HRW’s Senior Advisor Sunai Phasuk seek protection after death threats over comments on the Thai-Cambodia border conflict.
shorturl.at/r5SCP
China must free Gui Minhai.
He’s been denied contact with his family and access to Swedish consular support, making him a victim of enforced disappearance and transnational repression, writes Benedict Rogers on the 10th anniversary of Gui Minhai's abduction.
🔗 www.ucanews.com/news/the-wor...
He’s been denied contact with his family and access to Swedish consular support, making him a victim of enforced disappearance and transnational repression, writes Benedict Rogers on the 10th anniversary of Gui Minhai's abduction.
🔗 www.ucanews.com/news/the-wor...
The world must not forget Gui Minhai - UCA News
A decade after Chinese agents abducted Swedish publisher Gui Minhai from Thailand, he remains a victim of enforced disappearance. Learn about this chilling case of transnational repression and the glo...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
China must free Gui Minhai.
He’s been denied contact with his family and access to Swedish consular support, making him a victim of enforced disappearance and transnational repression, writes Benedict Rogers on the 10th anniversary of Gui Minhai's abduction.
🔗 www.ucanews.com/news/the-wor...
He’s been denied contact with his family and access to Swedish consular support, making him a victim of enforced disappearance and transnational repression, writes Benedict Rogers on the 10th anniversary of Gui Minhai's abduction.
🔗 www.ucanews.com/news/the-wor...
🇨🇳NEW: Ten years after Chinese agents abducted Swedish publisher Gui Minhai from Thailand, he remains arbitrarily detained in China.
“His detention for ten years is arbitrary and unlawful,” said Benedict Rogers at Fortify Rights.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
“His detention for ten years is arbitrary and unlawful,” said Benedict Rogers at Fortify Rights.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🇨🇳NEW: Ten years after Chinese agents abducted Swedish publisher Gui Minhai from Thailand, he remains arbitrarily detained in China.
“His detention for ten years is arbitrary and unlawful,” said Benedict Rogers at Fortify Rights.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
“His detention for ten years is arbitrary and unlawful,” said Benedict Rogers at Fortify Rights.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-2025...
Yesterday, Fortify Rights Senior Director hosted Chin Human Rights Organization in Parliament in London, meeting with several Parliamentarians in both Houses of Parliament to discuss the crisis in Myanmar and particularly Chin State.
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yesterday, Fortify Rights Senior Director hosted Chin Human Rights Organization in Parliament in London, meeting with several Parliamentarians in both Houses of Parliament to discuss the crisis in Myanmar and particularly Chin State.
🇨🇳 A coalition of 90 human rights NGOs, is calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. Gui has been disappeared by China, with no updates about his whereabouts for the past five years.
#FreeGuiMinhai
#FreeGuiMinhai
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🇨🇳 A coalition of 90 human rights NGOs, is calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. Gui has been disappeared by China, with no updates about his whereabouts for the past five years.
#FreeGuiMinhai
#FreeGuiMinhai
Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers is in London this week with the Chin Human Rights Organization for meetings at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, followed by parliamentary meetings.
October 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers is in London this week with the Chin Human Rights Organization for meetings at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, followed by parliamentary meetings.
🇲🇲 “Malaysia must take decisive leadership and push the junta to release all political prisoners, including members of the National League for Democracy,” said Ejaz Min Khant of Fortify Rights in Nikkei Asia.
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Malaysia stresses to Myanmar that December election must be inclusive
Foreign minister appears to make little progress at meeting with regime leader
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October 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🇲🇲 “Malaysia must take decisive leadership and push the junta to release all political prisoners, including members of the National League for Democracy,” said Ejaz Min Khant of Fortify Rights in Nikkei Asia.
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asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/my...
🇨🇳 In an op-ed for UCA News, Fortify Rights’ Benedict Rogers urges France, the UK, and others to demand Zhang Yadi's release, who faces up to 15 years in prison for “endangering national security,” and stand against Beijing’s assault on freedom.
#FreeZhangYadi
www.ucanews.com/news/zhang-y...
#FreeZhangYadi
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Zhang Yadi’s case proves Beijing’s complex litany of atrocity crimes - UCA News
The arrest of 22-year-old student Zhang Yadi for her peaceful pro-Tibet advocacy reveals the harsh reality of Xi Jinping's repression and China's ongoing human rights abuses.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🇨🇳 In an op-ed for UCA News, Fortify Rights’ Benedict Rogers urges France, the UK, and others to demand Zhang Yadi's release, who faces up to 15 years in prison for “endangering national security,” and stand against Beijing’s assault on freedom.
#FreeZhangYadi
www.ucanews.com/news/zhang-y...
#FreeZhangYadi
www.ucanews.com/news/zhang-y...
On October 6, 2025, at least 20 civilians, including children, were killed when the junta dropped bombs from motorized paragliders during a Thadingyut Festival vigil in Sagaing Region.
The junta's brutality is escalating. Governments must act to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The junta's brutality is escalating. Governments must act to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Myanmar: ‘Deadly attack’ on festival highlights paraglider threat to civilians
Responding to reports of an aerial attack by the Myanmar military that is said to have killed upwards of 20 civilians, including children, when multiple bombs were dropped from motorized paragliders, ...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
On October 6, 2025, at least 20 civilians, including children, were killed when the junta dropped bombs from motorized paragliders during a Thadingyut Festival vigil in Sagaing Region.
The junta's brutality is escalating. Governments must act to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The junta's brutality is escalating. Governments must act to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The military has long blocked aid to Rohingya in Myanmar. Now, U.S. funding cuts are making it worse.
“These cuts are helping the military starve the Rohingya,” says Tun Khin.
apnews.com/article/myan...
“These cuts are helping the military starve the Rohingya,” says Tun Khin.
apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The military has long blocked aid to Rohingya in Myanmar. Now, U.S. funding cuts are making it worse.
“These cuts are helping the military starve the Rohingya,” says Tun Khin.
apnews.com/article/myan...
“These cuts are helping the military starve the Rohingya,” says Tun Khin.
apnews.com/article/myan...
🇹🇼 On October 7, 2025, Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers joined Taiwan’s National Day reception in London, celebrating one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies.
As authoritarian influence grows across the region, standing with Taiwan is essential to defending democracy and human rights.
As authoritarian influence grows across the region, standing with Taiwan is essential to defending democracy and human rights.
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🇹🇼 On October 7, 2025, Fortify Rights Senior Director Benedict Rogers joined Taiwan’s National Day reception in London, celebrating one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies.
As authoritarian influence grows across the region, standing with Taiwan is essential to defending democracy and human rights.
As authoritarian influence grows across the region, standing with Taiwan is essential to defending democracy and human rights.
“Pope Leo should live up to his namesake and champion social justice.”
For UCANews, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers urges Pope Leo to call for the release of political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai, and take a bold stand for religious freedom in China.
#FreeJimmyLai
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For UCANews, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers urges Pope Leo to call for the release of political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai, and take a bold stand for religious freedom in China.
#FreeJimmyLai
www.ucanews.com/news/pope-le...
Pope Leo XIV Must Unveil a Bold New Approach to China - UCA News
An analysis of the Vatican's policy on China, urging Pope Leo XIV to champion social justice, demand the release of political prisoners like Jimmy Lai, and move away from the current Sino-Vatican agre...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“Pope Leo should live up to his namesake and champion social justice.”
For UCANews, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers urges Pope Leo to call for the release of political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai, and take a bold stand for religious freedom in China.
#FreeJimmyLai
www.ucanews.com/news/pope-le...
For UCANews, Fortify Rights Benedict Rogers urges Pope Leo to call for the release of political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai, and take a bold stand for religious freedom in China.
#FreeJimmyLai
www.ucanews.com/news/pope-le...
📢 52 rights groups, including Fortify Rights, denounce systemic abuse in Hong Kong prisons in a new Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation report on solitary confinement, torture, medical neglect, and indoctrination of 700+ political prisoners.
www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-let-...
www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-let-...
October 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📢 52 rights groups, including Fortify Rights, denounce systemic abuse in Hong Kong prisons in a new Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation report on solitary confinement, torture, medical neglect, and indoctrination of 700+ political prisoners.
www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-let-...
www.fortifyrights.org/eas-inv-let-...