Thailand: Launch of SEEDS – South East Asia Experimental Defenders’ School
Greetings from Protection International Thailand, With deep respect for the courage, care, and resistance across our region, we are excited to invite 14 Human Rights Defenders from Southeast Asia to join the first in-person HRDs School: Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations (SEEDS – South East Asia Experimental Defenders’ School). […]
Protection International delivers expertise on HRD wellbeing and countering online hate in Central Asia.
On Wednesday December 10th Protection International (PI) took part in the event “Online hate against activists: gendered risks, psychological impact, and protection strategies.” The event was organised by the Regional Network of Civil Society Organisations of Central Asia ‘Ray of Light’, with support from UN Women and the Central Asian Alliance to End Gender-Based Violence. […]
On the two-year anniversary of Myanmar military coup, stronger ASEAN and UN action is needed
Photo by Pyae Sone Htun on Unsplash. Free to use under the Unsplash License. Yesterday marked two years since the military coup in Myanmar, which overthrew the democratically elected government – the National Unity Government (NUG) – and plunged the country into chaos and violence. Since then, the military has committed atrocity crimes against the Myanmar […]
Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”
Sombath Somphone during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA 13 December 2022 Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, renew calls on the Lao government to determine his fate and whereabouts […]
457 civil society organizations call on ASEAN to move beyond the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar
To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam H.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic H.E. Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of […]
Interview with HRD Sukhgerel Dugersuren
Human Rights Defender & Director of OT Watch Mongolia In April 2021, the Mongolian Parliament adopted a new law for human rights defenders, making it the first country in Asia to provide a framework of protection for those who speak out against human rights violations and advocate for change. The law entered into force on […]
We Demand an End to the Violence and Immediate Release of Women Human Rights Defenders in Myanmar
We come together to support the call by our sisters in Myanmar to stop the increasing attacks on the fundamental rights of protesters fighting for democracy. Women actively involved in the protests are continuously harassed. Justice groups in Myanmar have documented that 47 women have been killed as of 30 April 2021. We are outraged […]
International Human Rights Organisations Condemn the Recent Panay Massacre
Recent Panay Massacre: Deadly operations through coordinated police and military actions on Indigenous Peoples under Duterte’s regime in the Philippines must stop! We the undersigned organizations across the world condemn the extrajudicial execution of 9 Indigenous leaders and the illegal arrest of 17 additional leaders and members of Tumanduk nga Mangunguma nga Nagapangapin sa Duta […]
Thai WHRDs Gather at Exhibition Calling on the End of the Culture of Impunity
Exhibition Organised to Honour Thai W/HRDs Who Were Either Forcibly Disappeared or Murdered as a Consequence of Their Fight for Environmental and Community Rights [Bangkok] (November 15th, 2020) Protection International and the Campaign for Public Policy on Mineral Resources (PPM) organized the exhibitions “For Those Who Died Trying” and “Resilient People’s Movement” at the Bangkok […]
An Open Letter to the Organizers of the United Nations Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights: New Challenges. New Approaches, Asia and the Pacific, to be held on June 9 -11, 2020
– the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG); – the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); – the International Labour Organization (ILO); – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); – the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and, – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission […]