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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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Fortify Rights reveals how the AA forces Rohingya, Hindu, and other ethnic minorities into life-threatening work, with many detained, tortured and forced to work over months.
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Fortify Rights reveals how the AA forces Rohingya, Hindu, and other ethnic minorities into life-threatening work, with many detained, tortured and forced to work over months.
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Fortify Rights reveals how the AA forces Rohingya, Hindu, and other ethnic minorities into life-threatening work, with many detained, tortured and forced to work over months.
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Fortify Rights reveals how the AA forces Rohingya, Hindu, and other ethnic minorities into life-threatening work, with many detained, tortured and forced to work over months.
Read more: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
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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.
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.
1/2 🧵 The joint letter calls on Timor-Leste to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court and to reject the junta’s planned sham elections in December.
Read the full joint letter: bit.ly/JointLetterT...
Read the full joint letter: bit.ly/JointLetterT...
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
1/2 🧵 The joint letter calls on Timor-Leste to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court and to reject the junta’s planned sham elections in December.
Read the full joint letter: bit.ly/JointLetterT...
Read the full joint letter: bit.ly/JointLetterT...
🇹🇱 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: 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.
🇹🇼 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.
📢 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-...
🇹🇭🇪🇺 Open Letter: Ahead of the resumed Free Trade Agreement talks, 20 civil society groups urge Thailand and the EU to ensure economic deals include protection of civil and political rights, human rights defenders, labor & migrant workers’ rights, and public health and biodiversity.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🇹🇭🇪🇺 Open Letter: Ahead of the resumed Free Trade Agreement talks, 20 civil society groups urge Thailand and the EU to ensure economic deals include protection of civil and political rights, human rights defenders, labor & migrant workers’ rights, and public health and biodiversity.
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Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Fortify Rights CEO Matthew Smith, along with other human rights defenders, met with Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the U.N. in New York City to speak about human rights in the country.
Fortify Rights CEO Matthew Smith, along with other human rights defenders, met with Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the U.N. in New York City to speak about human rights in the country.
September 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Fortify Rights CEO Matthew Smith, along with other human rights defenders, met with Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the U.N. in New York City to speak about human rights in the country.
Fortify Rights CEO Matthew Smith, along with other human rights defenders, met with Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the U.N. in New York City to speak about human rights in the country.
U.N. member states should impose a global arms and jet fuel embargo on the junta, and refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
September 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
U.N. member states should impose a global arms and jet fuel embargo on the junta, and refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
🇲🇲 Fortify Rights’s new report identifies 22 Myanmar junta officials, including military leaders, units, and airbases, responsible for deadly airstrikes on civilians in Kachin and Karenni states—attacks that amount to war crimes.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
September 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
🇲🇲 Fortify Rights’s new report identifies 22 Myanmar junta officials, including military leaders, units, and airbases, responsible for deadly airstrikes on civilians in Kachin and Karenni states—attacks that amount to war crimes.
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
Read the full news release: www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...