In July 2017, Thailand’s criminal courts convicted sixty-two people, including high ranking military officials and local administrative staff, for organizing a human-trafficking ring. The case began when a mass grave of victims, believed to be Rohingya and Bangladeshi people, was discovered…
Leading up to the 2018 national elections in Cambodia, the government largely under the leadership of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has committed a series of controversial actions that have been met with international criticism. In 2017, new amendments to…
One of the first murders of an defender of environmental rights in 2017 was Isidro Balenegro Lopez, a subsistence famer, activist, and leader among the Tarahumara people. He was a Goldman Environmental Prize winner in 2005 for his peaceful action…
Cambodia has an estimated population of 37,000 sex workers, 14.7 percent of whom are living with HIV and AIDs. Despite national initiatives to suppress sexual exploitation, policies criminalizing sex work have instead led to an inequitable access to healthcare services…
Following approximately 87,000 new Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from October 2016 to March 2017, the Northern Rakhine State saw recent violence against police outposts by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), resulting in Burmese security forces responding with an escalation…