🇲🇲NEW: Fortify Rights’s new report identifies 22 Myanmar junta officials, including military leaders, units, and airbases, responsible for deadly airstrikes on civilians in Kachin and Karenni states—attacks that amount to war crimes. U.N. member states should impose a global

🇹🇭 Look back at TheFortTalks: Exploring Mental Wellness Challenges Faced by People on the Move — held on World Mental Health Day on October 10 at @TheFortSpace Bangkok. Speakers from Asylum Access Thailand, HOST International, and Mae Tao Clinic/Suwannimit Foundation shared

🇰🇵 President Donald Trump should confront North Korea’s crimes — and make human rights central to any talks with Kim Jong Un. In this UCA News op-ed, @FortifyRights Senior Director @benedictrogers urges Trump to use his Asia tour to address North Korea’s repression, nuclear

NEW: As world leaders gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit in Seoul, @FortifyRights is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to press Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders on grave human rights violations across the region. President Trump should urge Xi

Yesterday, our Senior Director @benedictrogers attended a screening of an inspiring new film about the situation in Tibet, the life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his message about compassion and working together to build a better world - "The Wisdom of Happiness".

🇲🇲 As the Myanmar military junta looks for diplomats to endorse its upcoming “sham elections,” @FortifyRights CEO @matthewfsmith told @AJEnglish that governments should instead coordinate on targeted sanctions against the junta and accountability for its ongoing atrocity crimes.

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📝 From June to September 2025, @FortifyRights published 20 op-eds across leading international and national media outlets, exposing atrocity crimes in Myanmar, refugee rights abuses in Thailand, shrinking civic space in the Mekong, and attacks on freedoms from Russia to Hong

🇹🇱 As ASEAN leaders meet this weekend, Timor-Leste prepares to join the bloc—bringing with it a history of struggle, democracy, and moral clarity. This moment offers more than symbolism. It’s a chance for ASEAN to move beyond silence on Myanmar and stand for justice and

🇲🇾 🇲🇲 As ASEAN leaders meet in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, they must reject the Myanmar junta’s sham elections and end its growing impunity. Malaysia, as ASEAN chair, should lead with principle: push for accountability, impose regional sanctions, and stand with the people of

🇨🇳🇲🇲 China’s growing web of criminal, military, and financial ties in Myanmar is deepening the country’s crisis and fueling modern slavery across Southeast Asia. In this @ForeignPolicy op-ed, @FortifyRights Senior Director @benedictrogers reveals how Chinese-backed crime

ติมอร์-เลสเต กำลังจะเป็นหนึ่งในสมาชิกอาเซียนเร็วๆ นี้ ฟอร์ตี้ฟายไรต์ร่วมกับ 35 องค์กรเรียกร้องให้ฟ้องคดีอาชญากรรมในเมียนมาต่อศาลอาญาระหว่างประเทศ (ICC) จดหมายร่วมฉบับนี้ระบุว่า ติมอร์-เลสเต เคยแสดงความกังวลอย่างยิ่งเกี่ยวกับการใช้ความรุนแรง

📢 Coming up next week! Fortify Rights’ Senior Advocate @Patrick_Phongsa will deliver a policy seminar at the @sppcmu, on “Thailand’s Changing Refugee Policies: Policy, Politics, and Securitization in an Age of Displacement.” 📅 October 30, 2025 | 🕥 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon 📍

🇲🇾Myanmar pro-democracy activist and refugee Thuzar Maung and her family, forcibly abducted from their home in Kuala Lumpur in 2023, have been confirmed to be in the custody of the Myanmar’s junta two years after their disappearance. Malaysian authorities and international

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🇹🇱 NEW: As ASEAN prepares to welcome Timor-Leste as its newest member, 36 human rights organizations, including @FortifyRights, are urging President José Ramos-Horta to use the country’s new regional role — and its ICC membership — to push for accountability for atrocity crimes

🇹🇭 @Prachathai published the latest Fortify Rights news release calling on #thailand to provide protection for Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and Sunai Phasuk, Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch, after they received death threats for their human rights advocacy. .

Myanmar 🇲🇲 @Myanmar_Now_Eng Swe Win speaks about the unjust imprisonment of photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike, sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor for documenting the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar. @amnesty calls for the the release of Sai Zaw Thaike and other

🇲🇲NEW: Fortify Rights urges the Arakan Army to immediately end its use of forced labor against Rohingya, Hindu, and other minorities in Rakhine State. Survivors described being forced to work under dangerous and inhumane conditions, including portering ammunition, digging