“LGBT rights are human rights. I want to encourage fellow LGBT people not to be discouraged” By Sippachai Kunnuwong for Fortify Rights. Illustration by Tams Lu. Since the February 1,…

“LGBT rights are human rights. I want to encourage fellow LGBT people not to be discouraged” By Sippachai Kunnuwong for Fortify Rights. Illustration by Tams Lu. Since the February 1,…
The outgoing UN human rights chief kept Burma under the microscope in parting remarks to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, noting the government’s failure to cooperate with multiple…
Thailand’s businesses and its government must do more to protect the rights of vulnerable people abroad, analysts and activists said, after a landmark case filed by Cambodian farmers in a…
Thailand’s fishing industry has long been dogged by allegations of abuses. The country is under further international scrutiny this week as a team of UN experts undertake their first visit…
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma arrives in Bangladesh on Thursday, vowing to fulfill her mandate despite being blacklisted by the Burmese government from continuing her work…
The United Nations’ independent investigator into human rights in Burma has called for international pressure on China and Russia to try to get them to oppose human rights abuses in…