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Thailand: End Impunity For Torture, Provide Justice For Myanmar National Killed By Thai Soldiers

Thursday, 12 December 2024, 11:22 pm | Fortify Rights

Thai parliament to host “national dialogue” on torture prevention. More >>

ICC Member States: Ensure Accountability For Ongoing International Crimes In Myanmar

Saturday, 30 November 2024, 11:51 pm | Fortify Rights

Arrest warrant sought for Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar human rights defenders respond. More >>

Bangladesh: Ensure Accountability For Protest Killings And Violence, Support Survivors

Saturday, 30 November 2024, 10:30 pm | Fortify Rights

New investigation finds security forces and political party members killed peaceful protesters during Bangladesh’s revolution. More >>

Thailand: Hold Soldiers Accountable For Torture, Killing Of Myanmar National

Sunday, 24 November 2024, 1:31 pm | Fortify Rights

Aung Ko Ko lived in Thailand and was a former member of the Chor Ror Bor—a community-based security force trained by the Thai authorities. Eyewitnesses told Fortify Rights the soldiers initially detained and questioned Aung Ko Ko because he was a Myanmar ... More >>

Bangladesh: End Rohingya Refugee Pushbacks

Sunday, 24 November 2024, 12:27 pm | Fortify Rights

Bangladesh border guards continue to forcibly return Rohingya genocide survivors to Myanmar. More >>

Thailand: Withdraw Repressive Draft Law On Not-for-Profit Organizations

Sunday, 24 November 2024, 11:23 am | Fortify Rights

BANGKOK, November 21, 2024)—The Thai Government should immediately withdraw the Draft Act on Associations and Foundations, also known as the “NPO law,” which violates fundamental freedoms protected under international human rights law, said ... More >>

U.N. Security Council: Impose An Aviation Fuel And Arms Embargo On Myanmar Junta

Thursday, 31 October 2024, 12:36 pm | Fortify Rights

Children among victims of Myanmar junta airstrike attack on displaced civilians More >>

Ukraine: Parliament Completes Ratification Of Rome Statute

Monday, 21 October 2024, 8:50 am | Fortify Rights

Parliament's vote an important step for accountability efforts to address Russian crimes in Ukraine More >>

Ukraine: Ratify Rome Statute, Ensure Accountability For Atrocity Crimes

Monday, 26 August 2024, 8:42 pm | Fortify Rights

Parliamentarians set to vote on ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court More >>

Uphold Democratic Principles, Prevent The Dissolution Of The Move Forward Party

Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 3:31 pm | Fortify Rights

Thai authorities should reject the attempt by the Election Commission to dissolve and institute a ten-year ban on the poll-winning political party, the Move Forward Party, said Fortify Rights today. The Constitutional Court is expected to deliver ... More >>

ICC Member States: Coordinate To Protect Witnesses With Evidence Of Atrocities, Refer Myanmar To Chief Prosecutor

Monday, 15 July 2024, 3:59 am | Fortify Rights

Fortify Rights obtained ten secretly recorded videos showing Myanmar military junta soldiers severely torturing detainees at an interrogation facility in Mandalay Region, and the defector-whistleblower who filmed the incidents is in need of protection. More >>

Myanmar: Investigate Civilian Killings In Karenni State, Hold Perpetrators Accountable

Thursday, 27 June 2024, 4:31 am | Fortify Rights

Myanmar’s National Unity Government and Karenni State Government should investigate killings and cooperate with international justice mechanisms More >>

Thailand Legalizes The Right To Marriage For LGBTI+ Couples

Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 4:29 am | Fortify Rights

Thailand becomes the first Southeast Asian nation to guarantee equal rights to marriage More >>

India: Free Mohammad Arfat, End Indefinite Detentions Of Refugees

Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:34 am | Fortify Rights

Fortify Rights files complaint with U.N. body on arbitrary detention More >>

Thailand: Expedite Passage Of Marriage Equality Bill, Ensure Rights For LGBTI+ Persons

Friday, 31 May 2024, 4:08 am | Fortify Rights

For the marriage equality bill to become law, it must pass three readings in the House of Representatives and three readings in the Senate before being submitted to the Prime Minister, who will request royal assent from the King. The bill will ... More >>

Thailand: Uphold Acquittal Of Human Rights Defenders

Saturday, 18 May 2024, 5:03 am | Fortify Rights

Controversial Thai poultry company appeals acquittal of women human rights defenders- Director of The Fort and former Fortify Rights Senior Human Rights Specialist Puttanee Kangkun, former Fortify Rights Communications Associate Thanaporn Saleephol, and ... More >>

New Study Finds Mental Harm Inflicted On Myanmar’s Rohingya A Form Of Genocide

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 9:22 am | Fortify Rights

Fortify Rights and the Lowenstein Clinic recommend that state parties to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court (ICC), immediately refer the situation in Myanmar to the ICC Prosecutor, requesting a full investigation into ... More >>

U.N. Member States:Support The Establishment Of Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunal To Prosecute Russian Crime Of Aggression

Saturday, 20 April 2024, 4:45 am | Fortify Rights

The establishment of a special criminal tribunal is the only serious avenue to prosecute de-facto Russian President Vladimir Putin and his senior political and military accomplices for launching and pursuing Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, More >>

U.N. Security Council: Refer Mass Internment Of Muslims And Other Atrocities In Myanmar To ICC

Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:19 am | Fortify Rights

Mass arbitrary detention, life-threatening restrictions in Rakhine State More >>

Thailand: Ensure Equal Access To Marriage And Other Rights To LGBTI+ Persons

Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 7:45 pm | Fortify Rights

Thailand’s House of Representatives to commence final reading of draft legislation to amend the Civil and Commercial Code (BANGKOK, March 26, 2024)—The Thai parliament should ensure the draft Act for Amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code, commonly ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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