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After decades in camps, refugees in Thailand see a glimmer of hope
Ta Mla Saw was about seven when she and her family fled from Burmese troops attacking her village in the country’s ethnic Karen region, and crossed the river into Thailand to the safety of refugee...
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The price of a night out: five years of slavery at sea
A fisherman from Burma described meeting a job broker while having a beer with a friend in the fishing port town of Kantang in southern Thailand. While chatting with the broker, he passed out drunk,...
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Disasters take toll on Burma’s schools
From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Burma, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools, leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in...
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Social media raises migrants’ awareness of rights
Tun Tun Win and his co-workers from Burma thought life was fine at the Thammakaset chicken farm in central Thailand, where they reared hundreds of thousands of birds for export to the European Union....
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Activists warn of ‘copycat’ prosecutions after Thai verdict
A guilty verdict for a British activist in Thailand charged with defamation for alleging ill-treatment of migrant workers at a big fruit company sets an alarming precedent in the fight against labour...
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Labour activist, fearing for safety, leaves Thailand
Prominent British rights activist Andy Hall left Thailand early on Monday, saying he feared for his safety amid legal problems and growing harassment from companies that have been “irrational,...
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