Report: Advancing Atrocities Prevention in Southeast Asia   The mission of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is to deepen knowledge and advance policy on the Responsibility to Protect principle and mass atrocities prevention and response in the Asia Pacific region.   On 4-6 November, 9-11 November 2015, and 7-9 December 2015, the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) and the Asia-Pacific

United States: Assign Tier-3 Rankings to Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia in Annual Trafficking Report Objective rankings critical to end abuses, promote progress     22 March 2106 Rohingya refugee shows receipt of money paid to a human trafficker, Malaysia (©FortifyRights, 2015) (Washington, D.C., March 22, 2016)—The U.S. Department of State should assign the governments of Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia the lowest ranking in its forthcoming

Thailand: Asylum Seekers and Refugees Lack Protection in Thailand UN submission calls on Thailand to recognize the rights of refugees   (Bangkok, March 16, 2016) — The government of Thailand should commit to concrete actions to respect, protect, and promote the rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and survivors of human trafficking during its upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council, said seven human

Thailand: Human Trafficking Case Obstructed, Chief Investigator in Hiding Thailand Should Reopen Inquiry into Human Trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshis Fortify Rights 9 December 2015   (Washington, D.C., December 9, 2015)—The chief investigator and key witness in a high-profile, mass criminal trial of alleged human traffickers in Thailand has left the country following threats against his life, Fortify Rights said today. High-ranking

    RSF releases report on Thai junta's persecution of the media   Published November 12, 2015     A year and a half after a military coup in Thailand, Reporters Without Borders is today releasing a report about the Thai military’s skilfully orchestrated crackdown on freedom of information. Lead by the capricious Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Thai junta has been persecuting the media for the past 18 months, imposing a reign of

China and India Are Sitting Out Refugee Crisis Austin Ramzy, The New York Times 28 June 2015 Image: Migrants found at sea were escorted across the Bangladesh border to Rakhine State in Myanmar this month. Persecution has driven thousands from Myanmar. CreditYe Aung Thu/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images HONG KONG — When a deadly earthquake rocked Nepal in April, China and India rushed to send relief supplies and search-and-rescue teams.

Thai fishermen convert boats to cash in on human-smuggling By Amy Sawitta Lefevre, Reuters 20 November 2014 The smuggling of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar is so lucrative that Thai fishermen are converting their boats to carry humans, police, locals and officials in southern Thailand said. In recent weeks, thousands of Rohingya, a mostly stateless people, have sailed across the Bay of Bengal to the west coast ofThailand, from

Special Report: Traffickers use abductions, prison ships to feed Asian slave trade By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters 22 October 2014 When Afsar Miae left his home near Teknaf in southern Bangladesh to look for work last month, he told his mother, "I'll see you soon." He said he expected to return that evening. He never did. When he reported for work at a house on the outskirts of Teknaf, a man there gave him a drink of water.

THAI JUNTA AIMS TO RESTART DIALOGUE WITH SOUTHERN THAI MUSLIMS By Daily Sabah August 14, 2014   BANGKOK – More than a year after previous talks stalled due to Thailand's political crisis, the military has announced it will attempt to restart a peace dialogue with insurgents in the country's Muslim-majority south who are demanding political autonomy. The bitter conflict, rooted in historical distrust between Malay Muslims and Thai Buddhists, has

Thai junta warns: 'Hunger Games' salute illegal By Thanyarat Doksone and Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press 3 June 2014   BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's military rulers said Tuesday they are monitoring a new form of silent resistance to the coup — a three-fingered salute borrowed from "The Hunger Games" — and will arrest those in large groups who ignore warnings to lower their arms. Despite the warning to protesters, the junta offered a reprieve