The recent decriminalisation of abortion in Thailand was hailed as a landmark victory for women’s rights. But resistance from within the healthcare system hinders women’s access to safe and affordable abortions, leaving them vulnerable to unsafe and unregulated procedures.
A book editor and translator is fundraising bond money for hundreds of activists and protesters as her own way of “paying off the debt” for those who braved arrest and prosecution to speak up against Thailand’s government.
As Thailand marches ahead with its vision of ‘greening’ the Northeast through extensive irrigation projects, local communities are concerned about the impact of the infrastructure plans on the Mekong’s tributaries.
Founded in 2011, Duay Jai is a local rights group supporting victims of arbitrary detention, rights violations and alleged torture by security personnel in the Deep South. Yureesa Sama, the organisation’s secretary-general, works to provide mental health support to families affected and traumatised by the conflict.
Lertsak Kamkongsak is one of Thailand’s most prominent human rights defenders and a co-founder of The Commoners Party, who has been empowering villagers to hold mining companies accountable for years.
A network of communities and human rights defenders from across Thailand gathered in Bangkok, forming a protest camp outside the United Nations headquarters. They are opposing the new draft Bill on the Operations of Not-for-Profit Organisations. The Bill is expected to increase the government’s control of civil society and the protestors say they will remain until their calls are answered.
This year, Rayong fisherfolk faced the so-called ‘biggest’ oil spill in Thai history. Confronted by repeating industrial accidents and pollution issues, many have taken up the role of citizen scientists to document the long-lasting impacts and now they are demanding to know more about their expanding industrial neighbours.
In 2021, a 30-year-old water infrastructure project was revived to address shortages in Central Thailand. Civil society groups and experts are concerned about the social and ecological impacts, as communities stand to lose their ancestral lands and livelihoods.
Rural farming communities take action against the threat of pollution from recycling factories in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor.
The recent decriminalisation of abortion in Thailand was hailed as a landmark victory for women’s rights. But resistance from within the healthcare system hinders women’s access to safe and affordable abortions, leaving them vulnerable to unsafe and unregulated procedures.
A book editor and translator is fundraising bond money for hundreds of activists and protesters as her own way of “paying off the debt” for those who braved arrest and prosecution to speak up against Thailand’s government.
As Thailand marches ahead with its vision of ‘greening’ the Northeast through extensive irrigation projects, local communities are concerned about the impact of the infrastructure plans on the Mekong’s tributaries.
Founded in 2011, Duay Jai is a local rights group supporting victims of arbitrary detention, rights violations and alleged torture by security personnel in the Deep South. Yureesa Sama, the organisation’s secretary-general, works to provide mental health support to families affected and traumatised by the conflict.
Lertsak Kamkongsak is one of Thailand’s most prominent human rights defenders and a co-founder of The Commoners Party, who has been empowering villagers to hold mining companies accountable for years.
A network of communities and human rights defenders from across Thailand gathered in Bangkok, forming a protest camp outside the United Nations headquarters. They are opposing the new draft Bill on the Operations of Not-for-Profit Organisations. The Bill is expected to increase the government’s control of civil society and the protestors say they will remain until their calls are answered.
This year, Rayong fisherfolk faced the so-called ‘biggest’ oil spill in Thai history. Confronted by repeating industrial accidents and pollution issues, many have taken up the role of citizen scientists to document the long-lasting impacts and now they are demanding to know more about their expanding industrial neighbours.
In 2021, a 30-year-old water infrastructure project was revived to address shortages in Central Thailand. Civil society groups and experts are concerned about the social and ecological impacts, as communities stand to lose their ancestral lands and livelihoods.
Rural farming communities take action against the threat of pollution from recycling factories in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor.
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