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1 Agosto 2017
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations urged Thailand on Tuesday to drop criminal cases against female activists who campaign for the rights of their communities, amid concerns they face increasing harassment.
The call came after the wife of a prominent Thai land rights…
18 Julho 2017
Rural women at the forefront of issues related to land, environment and natural resources are particularly at risk
MUMBAI, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women human rights defenders in Thailand are increasingly at risk of violence, threats and harassment since a May 2014 coup, a report …
3 Abril 2017
The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development and the Mekong Land Research Forum will run a week-long intensive summer school on land research in the Mekong Region. The purpose of the summer school is to equip early-career academic and advocacy-oriented researchers with key…
27 Março 2017
Thailand is aiming to increase its domestic palm oil production by up to 50 per cent over the next nine years while at the same time trying to reclaim encroached peat forest from smallholders.
“Look, the peat here is so deep” 61-year-old Preecha Chimtong, a smallholder farmer growing oil palm…
8 Março 2017
As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, six women from different countries in Southeast Asia received recognition from advocacy group Amnesty International for their "heroism" in standing up for human rights despite the criminalization and violence they have faced.
The group…
Date: January 4th 2016
By: Tan Hui Yee
Four have been killed within five years; many say they were being watched or had threatening calls
"Do you sell any beer?" asked the motorcyclist who had pulled up with another man at the small shop run by Mr Chai Bunthonglek.
Before the land rights…
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) launched a new platform (https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net) that significantly expands the range and functionality of the development-related data it makes
available to the public.
Now a member of the Open Development Mekong Network, ODC’s popular content…
By: Jon Fernquest
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
From land with community deeds for landless to stopping poor farmers & sea gypsies getting kicked off of land, land reform needed to fight inequality at root of Thailand's political conflict.
EDITORIAL
Despite the military…
By: Sanitsuda Ekachai
Date: February 10th 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
How much is one’s way of life worth? For indigenous forest dweller No-ae Mimee, it is very cheap indeed. In 2011, his bamboo house and rice barn deep in the Kaeng Krachan jungle were burned to the ground. He was then violently…
Date: February 10th 2016
Source: Latin American Herald Tribune
BANGKOK – Sea gypsy communities on southern Thailand’s Phuket island have engaged in a ritual ceremony to pray for land rights after the Ministry of Justice less than two weeks ago called on the provincial Department of Land to revoke…
Date: February 13th 2016
Source: Human Rights Watch
Halt Forced Eviction, Assess Claims to Chao Lay Ancestral Land
(New York) – Thai authorities should urgently investigate the violent attacks and forced evictions against indigenous Chao Lay, known as sea gypsies, in Phuket province and bring…
Source: i24news
Publié le 24/02/2016
"La sécheresse de cette année sera probablement la plus grave des 40 à 50 dernières années" explique un expert
La junte au pouvoir en Thaïlande appelle les riziculteurs à abandonner une partie de leurs cultures pour faire face à l'une des pires…