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Thailand’s controversial Chatree gold mine, blamed for sickening local villagers, is set to reopen

The Chatree mining complex in Northern Thailand began operations in 2001 and was closed by Thailand’s ruling junta in 2017. Villagers say the environment and their health has suffered as a result of the operations. In January 2022, the government gave permission for the mine to reopen.
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Fisherfolk sail their boats to Bangkok to call for action

A team of environmental rights defenders sailed out of Pattani, a Muslim fishing community in the Deep South, on 26 May. With help from volunteering fisherfolk along the coast, they held discussions with local communities to raise awareness about the need to protect juvenile fish.
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Niwat Roykaew wins the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize

Renowned Thai environmental rights defender Niwat Roykaew receives this year's prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
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Thailand’s civil society at risk as government pushes law to fragment freedom of association

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.
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Human rights defenders gather in the wake of new NPO bill

On 24 May 2022, a network of civil society groups under the name "People's Democracy Movement of Thailand" (PDMT) took to the streets of Bangkok to protest a draft law on the regulation of non-profit organisations.
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Chut Wutty: Remembering Cambodia’s fierce fighter against deforestation

Environmentalist Chut Wutty was one of the leading voices for forest conservation in Cambodia. He was killed ten years ago, shot dead by a soldier in the Cardamom Mountains. But the precise circumstances of his death remain muddled.
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Angkhana Neelapaijit, Anchana Heemina to testify

On 10 May 2022, two of Thailand’s most renowned women human rights defenders, Angkhana Neelapaijit and Anchana Heemina, testified in a lawsuit accusing the government and the military of misinformation at Ratchada Civil Court.
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Providing safety and dignity to women at the time of the month they need it the most

Tens of thousands of women in Thailand lack access to safe and cheap sanitary products. 27 year old Varangtip Satchatippavarn has founded a company to produce affordable and safe sanitary products and works with advocacy groups who campaign to include the issue into education systems.
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Thai fisherfolk collect data to fight oil spills and hold polluting factories accountable

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.
  • 14 min read
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