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#PeopleOverProfit ✊ What would corporate accountability look like if those bearing the harm had the power to shape its rules?

🌏 On 15 September, Manushya Foundation brought this question to the 8th UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum Asia-Pacific in Bangkok (@undpasiapacific). Our session centred on the urgent need for feminist, Indigenous, and frontline leadership from Asia in shaping the proposed UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights.

As international human rights lawyer and our Founder Emilie Palamy Pradichit (@emilie.palamy.pradichit) stressed: “Asia cannot remain on the margins of this process. We cannot simply wait for this treaty to be shaped elsewhere and then ask whether it responds to our realities.”

A binding treaty must have teeth. Ahead of negotiations in Geneva on 12-16 October 2026, Asia’s communities and movements must have the resources, access, and power to resist corporate interference and defend strong protections. Those who bear the harm must shape what becomes binding.

👉 Read the full recap on our website: bit.ly/UNRBHRLBIrecap

🤝 Grateful to our co-organisers: ALTSEAN-Burma (@altseanburma), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) (@aippnet), ESCR-Net (@escrnet), FORUM-ASIA (@forumasia.humanrights), and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development (@unsr_development).

Moderated by Debbie Stothard (@debbiestot), with Surya Deva (@unsr_development), Emilie Palamy Pradichit (@emilie.palamy.pradichit), Shohel Hajong, and Nidhi Singh.

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

#UNRBHR2026 #CorporateAccountability #BusinessAndHumanRights

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Pada semua teman2 di Jakarta: silahkan join acara pembukaan Pameran The Coup Years mengenai situasi di Myanmar yang akan berlangsung dari tgl 26 September sampai 11 Oktober. Di acara pembukaan pada tanggal 26 September jam 5pm akan ada panel dengan topik discusi "Jalan ASEAN" Apa untuk Myanmar? dengan pembicara2 yang sangat menarik yaitu @Mercy Barends, @Anita Wahid dan @Debbie Stothard. Ada interpretasi simultan Inggris-Indonesia dan resepsi. Ditungguh ya... sekaligus reuni! @

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NYC? LA? Nah. 👀 Thailand’s got something to say. 🇹🇭🇺🇳

We’re proud to join days of conversations, connections, and collective action to push the corporate accountability agenda forward at #UNRBHR2026. Because when corporations operate and cause harm across borders, accountability has to happen in the region facing the brunt of their abuse.

And yes, that includes Thailand. ✊🏽

Follow us and join the movement for a region that chooses #PeopleOverProfit 🗣️

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

#BusinessAndHumanRights #Corporateaccountability

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Only a few days left before #UNRBHR2026! 🇺🇳

What is the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights, and why should Asia engage in shaping it? 🌏 Join the Forum’s only session on the Legally Binding Instrument to explore how it could become one of the most significant international human rights instruments of the 21st century, strengthening corporate accountability, access to justice, and remedy for affected communities.

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

📅 Tuesday, 15 September 2026 ✺ 17:00-18:00 ICT
📍 Conference Room 2, UN Conference Centre, Bangkok

Hear from civil society leaders across Asia in this discussion moderated by Debbie Stothard (@debbiestot) of ALTSEAN-Burma (@altseanburma) and ESCR-Net (@escrnet).

Speakers:
‣ Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development (@humanrightscouncil)
‣ Emilie Palamy Pradichit (@emilie.palamy.pradichit), Manushya Foundation
‣ Shohel Hajong, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (@aippnet)
‣ Nidhi Singh, FORUM-ASIA (@forumasia.humanrights)

👉 No prior knowledge of the LBI is required. Join us in Bangkok or register for online participation: indico.un.org/e/UNRBHR2026

🔍 Explore the full Concept Note of the session on the UN RBHRF website: https://www.rbhrforum.com/session/accountability-for-unsustainable-development

#BizHumanRights #CorporateAccountability #PeopleOverProfit

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

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🇺🇳 Join us on 15 September for the only #UNRBHR2026 session dedicated to the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights:

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

📅 Tuesday, 15 September 2026 ✺ 17:00-18:00 ICT
📍 Conference Room 2, UN Conference Centre, Bangkok & online

Across Asia, corporate-related human rights and environmental harms continue to persist. Yet, communities who bear the most harm face great barriers to justice and remedy, especially when companies operate across borders.

🇺🇳 The UN Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) on Business and Human Rights offers a critical opportunity to strengthen the rules that hold these corporations accountable. But for the treaty to deliver justice, those who bear the harm must shape it.

✊ Join Manushya Foundation, ALTSEAN-Burma, ESCR-NET, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), FORUM-ASIA, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, as we unpack what the treaty could change for Asia, and how frontline communities can engage more actively in shaping it.

Moderator: Debbie Stothard (@debbiestot), ALTSEAN-Burma (@altseanburma) and ESCR-Net (@escrnet)

Speakers:
‣ Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development (@humanrightscouncil)
‣ Emilie Palamy Pradichit (@emilie.palamy.pradichit), Manushya Foundation
‣ Shohel Hajong, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (@aippnet)
‣ Nidhi Singh, FORUM-ASIA (@forumasia.humanrights)

𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗧!
👉 Register to join us in Bangkok or online: indico.un.org/e/UNRBHR2026

🔍 Explore the full Concept Note of the session on the UN RBHRF website: https://www.rbhrforum.com/session/accountability-for-unsustainable-development

#BizHumanRights #CorporateAccountability #PeopleOverProfit
#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

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Happy 69th Merdeka/National Day!
Happy Holidays! Yes, we get one extra day tomorrow! 😁 #KitaSelangor
A rare occasion with half the gang in town, with one recently survived gunfire and bomb shelters! Drank tea. Spilt tea. Getting lost in the city in b.h.'s vintage Kelisa. Never a dull moment with this lot!
#NOSCA

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#𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣! 💻 On 29 June, we convened a panel of human rights defenders, lawyers, and digital rights experts to unpack how the 🇺🇳 UN Cybercrime Treaty is advancing transnational repression across the region – from Cambodia to Indonesia to stateless communities like the Rohingya.

The surveillance industry behaves like any market under competition. Voluntary frameworks like the UN Guiding Principles carry zero consequences for companies, which is exactly why they get cited so often. The Cybercrime Convention offers a more malicious approach. It locks states into binding cross-border data sharing.

𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. 🌐

💌 This webinar was made possible by members of the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship: Manushya Foundation (@manushyafoundation), ALTSEAN-Burma (@altseanburma), SAFEnet (@safenetvoice), Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network (RMCN) (@rohingyawomencollaborative), and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

#DefendTheDefenders #DigitalRights

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#StopTransnationalRepression 💻 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙒𝙀𝘽𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙍: Catch us on 29 June as we host, “How the UN Cybercrime Treaty is Advancing Transnational Repression in Southeast Asia”

📅 Monday, 29 June 2026 ✺ 3:30 - 5:00 PM ICT Bangkok time
📍 LIVE on Manushya’s Facebook and YouTube

Governments across Southeast Asia are using cybersecurity as cover to surveil critics, police borders, and protect the interests of those in power. 🇺🇳 Now, with the UN Cybercrime Treaty moving forward, these repressive practices risk gaining a dangerous legal veneer.

✊ Join Manushya Foundation and human rights advocates from the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship for case studies from Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Rohingya in exile, and a discussion of what civil society can do about it.

𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗧!
👉 RSVP on Facebook: bit.ly/FBDigitalTNR
👉 Set a YouTube reminder: bit.ly/YTDigitalTNR

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

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🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: 29 JUNE 2026! Digital repression doesn’t stop at borders, and neither does our resistance. ✊

When diplomatic pressure cancelled RightsCon (@rightscon) the world’s leading digital rights forum, we made a choice: keep going. Join us for a critical conversation that was meant to take place in Zambia, now coming to you through a webinar.

🌐 How the UN Cybercrime Treaty is Advancing Transnational Repression in Southeast Asia
📅 Monday, 29 June 2026
📍 LIVE on Manushya’s Facebook and YouTube

🕝 2:15 - 3:45 PM Kathmandu
🕞 3:30 - 5:00 PM Bangkok
🕧 6:30 - 8:00 PM Naarm

🌏 Across Southeast Asia, governments are using cybersecurity laws to surveil, silence, and pursue dissidents across borders. The UN Cybercrime Treaty gives those practices a legal veneer, and civil society needs to be ready.

Hear from experts from ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship.

Panellists:
‣ Emilie Palamy Pradichit (@emilie.palamy.pradichit), Manushya Foundation (@manushyafoundation)
‣ Noor Azizah (@noor.azizah.rohingya), Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network (@rohingyawomencollaborative)
‣ Seng Sovathana, Cambodian Center for Human Rights
‣ Nenden Arum, SAFEnet (@safenetvoice)
‣ Dr Jean Linis-Dinco, Manushya Foundation

Moderated by Debbie Stothard (@debbiestot), ALTSEAN BURMA (@altseanburma)

🔔 Don’t miss it, stay notified (check link in bio):
👉 RSVP on Facebook: bit.ly/FBDigitalTNR
👉 Set a YouTube reminder: bit.ly/YTDigitalTNR

#StopDigitalDictatorship #EndTransnationalRepression

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

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📱 Our digital spaces are becoming the new frontline of transnational repression. The UN should not be giving it legal cover.

Join us ONLINE at @rightscon 2026, as Manushya Foundation hosts “𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙉 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖”. A bold conversation on how the language of “cybersecurity” is increasingly being used to justify surveillance, censorship, and cross-border crackdowns on defenders across the region.

🗓️ Wednesday, May 6
🕤 4:30-5:30 PM Bangkok, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Lusaka, or 9:30-10:30 AM GMT; (*Erratum on the graphic)
📍 ONLINE at #RightsCon2026 (Register for an account BEFORE 28 April to get access: http://www.rightscon.org/registration)

Together, our panel of feminist speakers will unpack why the UN Cybercrime Treaty risks strengthening the very systems used to intimidate critics, target exiled activists, and criminalise resistance across Southeast Asia.

🎙 Speakers:
• @emilie.palamy.pradichit (Manushya Foundation)
• Dr Jean Linis-Dinco (Manushya Foundation)
• @debbiestot (@altseanburma)
• Sovathana Seng (Cambodian Center for Human Rights/CCHR)

📍 Online-only RightsCon event

👉 Don't miss out! Sign up on the RightsCon platform BEFORE 28 April to get access to the session: http://www.rightscon.org/registration

#EndTransnationalRepression #StopDigitalDictatorship #RightsCon

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

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Deliberately targeting civilians with bombings & lethal attacks violates International Humanitarian Law (IHL) & are war crimes.
#ReshareCampaign
#SanctionAviationFuel #Airstrikes #Schools #Hospitals
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ClosetheSky
#BMC #NLTA #ANB
#BloodMoneyCampaignMM

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#happeningthisweek
#onlineevent
59th #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Monthly Update
📆 Mar 18, 2026
🕗 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Bkk Time)
📍 Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81735154445
🔴 Live on Facebook:
Mizzima - Myanmar News - English Edition
SEA-Junction
The Irrawaddy - English Edition
This monthly update aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the ongoing crisis in Myanmar and to support informed action for the democratic movement—both within the country and internationally.
#SEAJunction #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar #OnlineEvent #SoutheastAsia #MyanmarCrisis

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