Tag: human rights
China can’t always get what it wants in Thailand
Long before Belt & Road projects were seen as sovereignty-eroding debt traps, Bangkok’s military rulers were tactfully resisting the terms and reach of Beijing’s advances.
Rights issues from transborder investments in focus at forum
From Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos, to Indonesia, the impacts from transborder investments were discussed at the forum organised by Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission and Forest People Programme. It ends tomorrow.
Environmental Defenders Under Pressure Across Southeast Asia
A forum addressed the “global crisis” of killings and abuses linked to land. Several attendees were former members of Mother Nature Cambodia, an activist group heavily targeted by authorities.
UN climate talks ‘flawed’, could sabotage efforts
Activists say inequality is built into negotiation system, smaller countries being drowned out
Myanmar-Thailand highway branded ‘ecological and social disaster’
Community and conservation groups in Myanmar say the planned highway linking a port project to Thailand will uproot indigenous people from their homes and farms.
Push for Thai climate fund
Climate change negotiations were mostly between the superpower nations, the elite and big conglomerates. The poor on the frontline are hit the hardest but don’t have a voice: activist.
In Search of Maritime Grand Strategy: Thailand’s fisheries policy under the military rule
Despite no official record, some believed the number of kidnapped and unregistered workers could be up to 200,000.
The Lao dam collapse: a tragedy long in the making
This was very much an avoidable manmade tragedy caused by poor design, construction and operation.
Structural Injustice, Slow Violence? The Political Ecology of a “Best Practice” Hydropower Dam in Lao PDR
Lao hydraulic infrastructure frequently induces systemic, path-dependent and disruptive socio-ecological transformations.