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Minority Rights

  • NEWS

Thai army ordered to compensate family of killed Lahu rights defender

A landmark decision by Thailand's Supreme Court orders the Royal Thai Army to provide compensation to the family of Chaiyaphum Pasae, a 17-year-old human rights defender who was shot dead by a soldier six years ago.
  • 3 min read
Jittrapon Kaicome / HaRDstories
  • FEATURE

Between legal limbo and hope: The Rohingya’s silent struggle in Thailand

For many Rohingyas who took up refuge in Thailand, life in the shadows is preferable to the deadly persecution back home – even if it means enduring a cycle of bribery, abuse, and prejudice.
  • 22 min read
Wissarut Weerasopon/HaRDstories
  • NEWS

Thailand’s indigenous leaders chart new path amid political uncertainty

Celebrating World Indigenous Day, Thailand’s Council of Indigenous Peoples announces fresh leadership and new strategies for 2023-2027, pushing for legal recognition and protection.
  • 2 min read
Photo: Indigenous Media Network
  • FEATURE

No surname, no citizenship: Two men launch landmark lawsuit against statelessness

Half a million people in Thailand remain stateless, many of them descendants of Myanmar refugees from one of the world's longest civil wars. Two men are fighting to claim their birth rights and challenge the nation's rigid system in a groundbreaking lawsuit.
  • 10 min read
Photo: Panumas Sanguanwong/HaRDstories

People’s Radio: a friend to Burmese migrant workers in Thailand

How should we build workers’ media? With a small staff and volunteers, the MAP radio in Thailand provides both critical information and much-needed entertainment to migrant workers from Myanmar.
  • 11 min read
Photo: Luke Duggleby/HaRDstories
  • FEATURE

Yuam River communities worry about impacts of a water diversion project in northwestern Thailand

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.
  • 7 min read
Photo: Luke Duggleby/HaRDstories
  • PHOTOSTORY

Five years after the death of Chaiyaphum Pasae and Abe Sae Mu, the families still wait for justice

Five years ago, Chaiyaphum Pasae, a young Lahu rights defender, and Abe Sae Mu, an ethnic Lisu man, were shot dead by soldiers in northern Thailand. While Abe's family received financial compensation, Chaiyaphum's family continues to seek justice and hold the military accountable.
  • 5 min read
Photo: Jittrapon Kaicome/HaRDstories
  • FEATURE

Pushed from national parks, forest-dwellers across Southeast Asia defend land and customs

From Thailand to Indonesia, indigenous people who have lived off the land for generations struggle to preserve their forest homes and customs. But as states create national parks and forcibly evict forest-dwellers, their ties to ancestral land are cut.
  • 11 min read
Photo: Luke Duggleby/HaRDstories
  • PROFILE

A young woman leads indigenous opposition against coal mining in northern Thailand

Dressed in colourful traditional garb, the village's female elders gather around a young woman as two large cameras begin recording. In a soft but firm voice, Pornchita Fahpratanprai explains why they are standing up against a coal mine threatening their peaceful community in the mountains of northern Thailand.
  • 8 min read
Photo: Luke Duggleby/HaRDstories

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