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“…enforced disappearance is not just taking someone away forever, but it turns the living into a state resembling death”

Posted by Anisa | Mar 13, 2024 | End Impunity, Feature, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thailand

Twenty years ago, Somchai Neelapaijit, an outspoken human rights lawyer and senior member of two...

Letter to Sombath on his birthday, 17 February 2024

Posted by Anisa | Feb 19, 2024 | End Impunity, Feature, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy

My dearest Sombath, Today is 17 February, and once again it’s your birthday. You would be 72...

Solidarity Messages on the 11th year of the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone and other cases of enforced disappearance

Posted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2023 | End Impunity, Feature, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy

https://focusweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sombath11_Galil.mp4 This year marks the 75th year...

Laos: 11 years of government inaction on Sombath Somphone’s enforced disappearance

Posted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement

15 December 2023: On the 11-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society...

Message from Aunt Noi, wife of Surachai Sae-dan on the anniversary of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Posted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2023 | End Impunity, Feature, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thai, Thailand

[English version below] สวัสดีค่ะ ป้าน้อย ชื่อ นางปราณี ด่านวัฒนานุสรณ์ ภรรยาของนายสุรชัย แซ่ด่าน...

Thailand/Laos: Investigate the Killing of Lao Refugee and Put an End to Transnational Repression of Human Rights Defenders

Posted by Anisa | May 26, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Thailand

Originally published at the Amnesty International’s website here. In response to news on 17...

PRESS RELEASE: CRIMINALIZATION AGAINST FILIPINO PEASANTS REACHES THE UN

Posted by Anisa | May 8, 2023 | End Impunity, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Media Release, Philippines, Power and Democracy

Download PDF Geneva, May 8, 2023 – The Movement for Agrarian Reform and Social Justice...

[AEPF] FIND AND PUNISH ANOUSA’S ATTACKERS; END VIOLENCE AND IMPUNITY!

Posted by Anisa | May 4, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Statement

The Organising Committee of the Asia-Europe Peoples’ Forum (AEPF) expresses our shock and anger at...

Book Launch: “Silencing of a Laotian Son – the Life, Work and Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone”

Posted by Anisa | Dec 17, 2021 | End Impunity, Event, Laos, Mekong Region, Video

On Tuesday, 14 December 2021, a book launch and discussion of “Silencing of a Laotian...

Laos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance

Posted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2021 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Statement

(15 December 2021) On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...

Civil society demand Laos government reveal Sombath’s fate

Posted by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 15, 2020 | End Impunity, Laos, Statement

Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...

Open Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal

Posted by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Oct 5, 2020 | 1Post Types, End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement, Trade and Investment

Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....

Democracy and Charisma: A Dangerous Liaison

Posted by admin | Dec 20, 2019 | End Impunity, India, Philippines, Power and Democracy

Democracy in the Era of Charismatic Politics in India and the Philippines Talk delivered to...

A Period of Consequences: The Era of Violence, Hardships, Betrayals, and Perversions under Duterte

Posted by admin2 | Jul 29, 2019 | End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement

Focus on the Global South’s Statement on President Rodrigo Duterte’s midterm State of the Nation...

Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone

Posted by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement

14 December 2018: On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...

Justice for the TAMASCO 8 Massacre. Now.

Posted by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement, The Commons

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End Impunity video project of Focus & iDefend to Receive Award

Posted by cvmilitante | Nov 30, 2017 | Announcement, End Impunity, Power and Democracy

For its video on the situation of human rights in Asia, human rights violations in the form of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Focus will receive a human rights award; the video received the most likes and...

Den Kamlae and the Fate of the Disappeared: Justice Still Out of Reach

Posted by yasmin | May 7, 2017 | End Impunity, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement

It’s been over a year since the late afternoon on 16 April 2016 when Den Kamlae went missing...

Why March 8, 2017 was Extra Significant for Philippine Women

Posted by cvmilitante | Mar 8, 2017 | End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Women

Manila — For Philippine women’s organizations, the 2017 commemoration of International...

Human Rights Activists Say No to Re-imposition of Death Penalty & Call for Restorative Justice

Posted by cvmilitante | Feb 14, 2017 | End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy

Focus on the Global South – Philippines joined human rights advocates and other civil...

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“…enforced disappearance is not just taking someone away forever, but it turns the living into a state resembling death”

Letter to Sombath on his birthday, 17 February 2024

Solidarity Messages on the 11th year of the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone and other cases of enforced disappearance

Laos: 11 years of government inaction on Sombath Somphone’s enforced disappearance

Message from Aunt Noi, wife of Surachai Sae-dan on the anniversary of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Thailand/Laos: Investigate the Killing of Lao Refugee and Put an End to Transnational Repression of Human Rights Defenders

PRESS RELEASE: CRIMINALIZATION AGAINST FILIPINO PEASANTS REACHES THE UN

[AEPF] FIND AND PUNISH ANOUSA’S ATTACKERS; END VIOLENCE AND IMPUNITY!

Book Launch: “Silencing of a Laotian Son – the Life, Work and Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone”

Civil society demand Laos government reveal Sombath’s fate

Open Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal

Democracy and Charisma: A Dangerous Liaison

A Period of Consequences: The Era of Violence, Hardships, Betrayals, and Perversions under Duterte

Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone

Justice for the TAMASCO 8 Massacre. Now.

End Impunity video project of Focus & iDefend to Receive Award

Den Kamlae and the Fate of the Disappeared: Justice Still Out of Reach

Why March 8, 2017 was Extra Significant for Philippine Women

Human Rights Activists Say No to Re-imposition of Death Penalty & Call for Restorative Justice

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