Phil Robertson

Happening this evening at the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand at 7 pm - don't miss it!

Must see film in #Bangkok at the @fccthai.bsky.social on 28 Oct at 7 pm - The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer Rouge, by Jim Gerrand. A masterpiece with extensive interview footage of Hun Sen. Only the 3rd time this film has been publicly shown. Don't miss it! www.fccthai.com/event/the-st...

In just the past three months, at least 460,000 tonnes of Cambodian sand have been supplied to this project. How many more tonnes of Cambodia’s sand will continue to disappear? #Handsoffourcambodiansand #MothernatureCambodia

Great stickers produced by #Cambodia NGOs, calling for freedom for the Mother Nature Cambodia 5! Great sign of continuing solidarity for those imprisoned activists, & great way for people to take small actions by putting these up across the country! @cambodiamother.bsky.social #MNC5 #MotherNature

What's happening with the nominee crackdown in #Thailand? Find out tonight in #Bangkok at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social (26 Oct) at 7 pm as expert panel talks about past policy, current actions, & next steps! All the details at the link below, free & open to the public! www.fccthai.com/event/thaila...

ABC News #Australia is reporting on Vietnam's transnational repression against the 3 Viet Tan members, including Hiep Tran, who were abducted in #Cambodia and forced back across the border. Very well done report, worth watching - link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_x... #VietTan #Vietnam

Very strong statement by 30 laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, calling for immediate release of Mother Nature #Cambodia 5, saying "We stand in full solidarity with all MNC activists and the rights they defend." Time for action to free these activists NOW! rightlivelihood.org/news/release...

Coming to @fccthai.bsky.social - the #Bangkok premier on 28 Oct at 7 pm of legendary newsman & filmmaker Jim Gerrand's movie The Strongman and the Last Days of Khmer Rouge. The film has extensive, unseen interview footage of Hun Sen. Fascinating historical journey www.fccthai.com/event/the-st...

Đoàn Bảo Châu & @reaproy.bsky.social discuss Vietnam's transnational repression. Last month 3 activists from @viettan.bsky.social were grabbed in Cambodia and are now in Vietnam detained facing Terrorism charges. #FreeOurFriends Text version: thevietnamese.org/2026/10/phil... Video:

Coming to America in early November - the big, Blue Wave to sweep the Orange Monster's circus out!

Disastrous for democracy - Elon Musk trying to buy the US election.

Speaking at length with exiled journalist Chau Doan about #Vietnam transnational repression, human rights abuses, use of torture, & flaunting of international law. Under dictator To Lam, #Hanoi's rights record is now among the worst in SE Asia. Listen in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6i7...

International NGOs call on #Cambodia PM Hun Manet to immediately release the Mother Nature Cambodia 5, thereby complying with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's clear decision that their imprisonment is arbitrary & unjust. Letter is at link: www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

New on the #AsiaPoliticalReview: Dr. Annette Skovsted Hansen of @aarhusuniint.bsky.social explains how #Japan and the #EU have competed and collaborated in #foreignaid, and how Japan’s networks and planning shape development across #Africa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Boh...

NGO joint letter to #Cambodia PM Hun Manet (dated Oct 12) released by NGOs demanding immediate release of the Mother Nature Cambodia 5 @cambodiamother.bsky.social before the Francophonie summit in Phnom Penh in November! www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...

Fantastic video, music & the amazing lyrics - From the Hills, by Kara Maraunder. All the pieces - Tatmadaw attacks, scam centers, trafficking, refugee camps, & youth trying to get to the city. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Xp...

More great screeds from Jonathan Pie on the end of the American morality. As usual, he's spot on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfxQ...

In this clip from an interview with @reaproy.bsky.social, a human rights expert, discusses the impact that #Trump's cuts to foreign aid, such as the cutting of #USAID has had on human rights and refugee protection in Southeast Asia. Watch the FULL interview at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_U...

In the latest episode of the #AsiaPoliticalReview, #humanrights activist @reaproy.bsky.social breaks down how #transnationalrepression threatens dissidents and rights defenders across #SoutheastAsia and #Vietnam's emerging leadership in cross-border abductions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_U...

Fantastic video, music & the amazing lyrics - From the Hills, by Kara Maraunder. All the pieces - Tatmadaw attacks, scam centers, trafficking, refugee camps, & youth trying to get to the city. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Xp...

The full press release & report of the #Burma Human Rights Network's "Blocked from Rebuilding" report is now online. Raises serious issues of anti-Muslim discrimination & rights abuses in #Myanmar which cost lives when mosques collapsed during #Mandalay earthquake. www.bhrn.org.uk/en/press-rel...

With friends at the @fccthai.bsky.social after the Burma Human Rights Network's launch of their new report about discrimination against Muslims in #Myanmar.

Missing Lao Critic in Thailand Feared ‘Disappeared’ www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...

Actually, the protest is happening tomorrow (on Oct 8), not today ;-) my apologies for the oversight.

Protest being organized this morning in Kuala Lumpur against the visit of #Myanmar military chief and war criminal Sr. Gen. (ret) Min Aung Hlaing. Time to tell MAH that he's not welcome in #Malaysia! @mtacalendar.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow at FCCT: 7 Oct, 10:30 am - report release of Blocked from Rebuilding: #Myanmar Junta Restrictions on Mosque Repair & Reconstruction. The #Burma Human Rights Network documents lost lives & injuries, destroyed mosques & impact on Muslim communities www.fccthai.com/event/blocke...

TV Free Asia (TFA) Khmer service reporting about Mongabay article about UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) decision finding imprisonment of Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 is unjust, arbitrary & illegal under international law, and they should be immediately freed. tfakhmer.org/mongabay-cal...

New event! 📆7th Oct 🕥10:30am Thailand Time @fccthai.bsky.social host report launch by Burma Human Rights network "Rebuilding Blocked: Discriminatory bans on mosques before & after Myanmar earthquake" w/ @Kyaw Win, May Thiri Khin & @reaproy.bsky.social Details: www.fccthai.com/event/blocke...

The five environmental activists have been detained for 821 days, awaiting an appeal hearing for over two years. We request that the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal will set a hearing date soon, without further delay or unjustified excuses. #freethefive #mothernaturecambodia Click to read more!

#Violence, #displacement, & #torture happens every day in #Myanmar/ #Burma. Don't be complicit in #genocide. Stop forced deportations of #Rohingya. Link to joint statement: bit.ly/4yaiPo1 Link to our new Rohingya briefer: bit.ly/4hQM5u9 #SaveRohingya #HumanRights #JusticeForRohingya #refoulement

Laughing at this as I was walking home last night. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority's tessakit (inspectors) are so desperate to keep motorcycles off the Naradhiwas street sidewalk that they claim Big Brother AI CCTV is watching you. LMAO. Everyone knows no one is home, or the camera is busted.

Speaking with Deutsche Press Agency (DPA) bureau in #Hanoi about the outrageous & unacceptable abduction of 3 Vietnamese human rights & democracy activists in #Cambodia, & their forced return to #Vietnam. www.scmp.com/week-asia/pe...

Statement today by Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (#AHRLA) on #Vietnam's abduction of two human rights & democracy activists, who were last seen in #Cambodia. Yet again, #Hanoi engaged in transnational repression efforts across the Mekong region. Outrageous & unacceptable rights violations!

Excellent report by SBS Australia includes interview with Chloe Dang, wife of abducted Vietnam activist Tran Hiep, and my small interjection about #Vietnam's horrific use of transnational repression across Southeast Asia. www.sbs.com.au/news/video/v...

Speaking to the @theguardian.com about the "unacceptable outrage” of Vietnam's abduction of activists in #Cambodia which "demonstrates yet again that Hanoi is arguably the most vicious & pernicious practitioner of transnational repression today in Southeast Asia" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I wore this shirt to the State Courts for my court mention for one count of "taking part in a public assembly within a prohibited area". Security wouldn't let me into the building wearing it. I ultimately took it off by the entrance and turned it inside out before I was allowed in.

#HappeningTomorrow Join us Film Screening & Discussion "Myanmar Diaries" holding as part of the Photo Exhibition "The Coup Year: A Visual Chronicle of Resistance in Myanmar" tomorrow at 6-9 pm at Dia.Lo.Gue. If you are in Jakarta, Please come and see exhibition and film. #flim #screening

Speaking w/VOD Khmer about likely #Cambodia government involvement in the #Vietnam security services' abduction of two Vietnamese human rights & democracy activists inside Cambodia, near the border. Don't believe for a second Vietnam gov't claims about illegal entry www.vodkhmer.news/2026/09/29/h...

Statement today by Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (#AHRLA) on #Vietnam's abduction of two human rights & democracy activists, who were last seen in #Cambodia. Yet again, #Hanoi engaged in transnational repression efforts across the Mekong region. Outrageous & unacceptable rights violations!

The interviewee mentions people's embrace program which is one of two main groups trying to vet & then aid those who escape or defect from the Myanmar Military The other group is People's Goal who just released a report today at @fccthai.bsky.social w/ @reaproy.bsky.social & why I was up at 4am

Here is the link to the new People's Goal report, Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar's Security Sector, which was just released at the @fccthai.bsky.social today in #Bangkok. Check it out here: www.peoplesgoal.org/pgnews/wind-...

Here is the link to the new People's Goal report, Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar's Security Sector, which was just released at the @fccthai.bsky.social today in #Bangkok. Check it out here: www.peoplesgoal.org/pgnews/wind-...

This morning (9/25, starts 10 am) - must see event for #Burma watchers in #Bangkok -- People's Goal releases report, speaks at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social about latest developments inside #Myanmar armed forces with in-depth analysis from military defectors. Don't miss it! Free & open to the public!

This morning (9/25, starts 10 am) - must see event for #Burma watchers in #Bangkok -- People's Goal releases report, speaks at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social about latest developments inside #Myanmar armed forces with in-depth analysis from military defectors. Don't miss it! Free & open to the public!

Bonito Tuna caught off of backside of Nantucket, and my daughter's conversion of same into sushi rolls ;-) So delicious!

The panel: Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Major Naung Yoe, Khun Kham Kaung, Nyi Thuta & mod @reaproy.bsky.social See @fccthai.bsky.social event link for more details: