Category: Mekong Region
Observations on the Thai Election 2019
Posted by admin2 | Apr 1, 2019 | Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thailand | 0
Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demand...
Posted by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement | 0
Toward land justice : Thai farmers’ struggles to d...
Posted by admin2 | Nov 25, 2018 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Thailand, The Commons | 0
Thailand/Laos: Investigate the Killing of Lao Refugee and Put an End to Transnational Repression of Human Rights Defenders
by Anisa | May 26, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Thailand | 0
Originally published at the Amnesty International’s website here. In response to news on 17...
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Anousa “Jack” Luangsouphom, a young Lao blogger. Photo from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073952982858.
[AEPF] FIND AND PUNISH ANOUSA’S ATTACKERS; END VIOLENCE AND IMPUNITY!
by Anisa | May 4, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Statement | 0
The Organising Committee of the Asia-Europe Peoples’ Forum (AEPF) expresses our shock and anger at...
Read MoreCambodia. Rubber Plantations, Protected Areas, REDD+ and Other Threats: A Dramatic Loss for Forest Dwellers
by Anisa | May 3, 2023 | Cambodia, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis | 0
by Ridan Sun Originally published here for the World Rainforest Movement. Twenty-five years...
Read MorePeasant Agroecology Workshop: Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in the North and Northeastern Thailand
by Anisa | Apr 28, 2023 | Climate & Environment, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Thailand | 0
by Kheetanat Wannaboworn On 7-9 April 2023, Focus on the Global South together with the Regional...
Read MoreLand Grabs and Injustice: The Struggles of Families in Tamol Leu Community
by Anisa | Apr 27, 2023 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy | 0
by Ridan Sun Mrs. Toun Seng, a 55-year-old resident of the Tamol Leu community, shared her...
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Ms. Keo Vannak from Lor Peang village, Taches commune, Kampong Tralach district, Kampong Chhnang Province.
Voices from the International Women’s Day Celebration in Cambodia
by Anisa | Mar 31, 2023 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0
On March 8th, women around the world celebrated International Women’s Day, a day to...
Read MoreEmpowering Women in Rural Cambodia: Highlights from the International Women’s Day Celebration
by Anisa | Mar 31, 2023 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0
Around 150 people from six villages gathered in the Lorpeang and Pich Chengva communities in...
Read MoreAGPA 2022: People-Centered: Addressing ASEAN Crises Together
by Anisa | Dec 18, 2022 | Blog Post, Cambodia, Climate & Environment, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Systemic Alternatives | 0
The first ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly (AGPA) was organized in 2012, where it successfully...
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Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”
by Anisa | Dec 13, 2022 | Alternative Regionalisms, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement | 0
Joint Statement Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
Read MoreTEN YEARS AFTER, SOMBATH SOMPHONE’S LEGACY LIVES ON
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Dec 13, 2022 | Alternative Regionalisms, Blog Post, Event, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy | 0
Focus on the Global South co-organized with the Asia Europe Peoples’ Forum, Embassy of Netherlands...
Read MoreUpcoming Event: Honoring the Legacy of Sombath Somphone [2 December 2022]
by Anisa | Nov 26, 2022 | Announcement, Climate & Environment, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thailand | 0
Focus on the Global South, Asia Europe People’s Forum, Embassy of the Netherlands in...
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Riot Police during the APEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 November 2022. Photo by สำนักข่าวราษฎร - Ratsadon News.
STATEMENT: Thailand must respect the Rights of Peaceful Assembly during APEC 2022
by Anisa | Nov 18, 2022 | Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement, Thailand | 0
Bangkok, 18 November 2022 Civil Society Organisations condemn the Thai Government’s violent...
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