Lay Sheng

On #WorldRefugeeDay, @FortifyRights @PuttaneeKangkun & @Patrick_Phongsa calls on Thailand to extend #RightsForAll for refugee children and their parents, ensuring legal status, access to education, healthcare, and protection. 🇹🇭 bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

Immigration arrests in #Malaysia have skyrocketed recently, sweeping up @Refugees-registered refugees. Some have reported torture and humiliating treatment while in detention to @FortifyRights. Malaysia must stop these raids and respect #refugee rights. fortifyrights.org/mly-inv-2025-0…

Here is my essay in @nytimes on why I’m suing the Trump admin. The admin’s sanctions against the ICC are an attack on global justice and the rule of law. This isn’t just policy—it’s a dangerous overreach that violates our First Amendment rights. @ACLU nytimes.com/2025/06/06/opi…

"They pushed me over at gunpoint. I spent two days without food or water in the middle of a field in knee-deep water teeming with mosquitoes and leeches," Ms Banu said, wiping away tears. After those two days in no man's land - between India and Bangladesh - she says she was…

🇲🇲 NEW: A new investigation by @FortifyRights finds that the Arakan Army (AA) has committed serious violations of the laws of war against #Rohingya civilians in ad-hoc detention centers and villages under its control in #Rakhine State. The International Criminal Court should…

.@justice_sisters , 21 groups & 9 healthcare professionals call on the Kelantan Police to check the accuracy & veracity of the facts shared w/ the media in connection with an alleged 'gay party' that the police broke up in June 2025. FULL STATEMENT🔗: justiceforsisters.org/resources/the-…

WATCH: Malaysian authorities are arbitrarily arresting, detaining and torturing refugees caught in a new campaign of immigration raids against irregular migrants. #Malaysia must end the use of indiscriminate raids and ensure protection for refugees fleeing persecution.…

We couldn't be happier for our JAG sister @SistersinIslam for their victory in appealing a 2014 fatwa that was issued against them. This is a huge victory for freedom of belief in Malaysia and reaffirms SIS’s right to continue their vital work in advancing women’s rights.

🇹🇭 NEW: Today, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women #CEDAW will review Thailand’s record on women’s rights. #Thailand should ensure protection of domestic violence survivors, refugees, and human rights defenders. fortifyrights.org/tha-inv-2025-0…

Arrests for immigration offences in Malaysia are at a record high. 🇲🇾 Framed to increase uptake for @KDNPUTRAJAYA’s “voluntary repatriation” scheme, these raids lead to arrest, detention, torture, and denial of basics for refugees held in IDCs. More: fortifyrights.org/mly-inv-2025-0…

Malaysia 🇲🇾 Refugees arbitrarily arrested and detained as part of a campaign of immigration raids, told @FortifyRights that they were beaten, forced to maintain stress positions or stripped naked for prolonged periods, and humiliated while in detention. fortifyrights.org/mly-inv-2025-0…

NEW: Refugees in #Malaysia are beaten, stripped naked, tortured and denied basic necessities while detained in Immigration Detention Centers — following a wave of arbitrary arrests during recent immigration raids. In 2025, Malaysian authorities have made nearly 7,800…

I would like to remind everyone here that Anwar Ibrahim has a ruling coalition with more than 2/3rds majority in Parliament.

NEW: The International Labour Organization (ILO) should stop the #Myanmar military junta’s systematic abuse of workers’ rights, including forced labor and forced conscription, says @FortifyRights. As the @ilo convenes its annual meeting today in Geneva, Fortify Rights calls on…

No legal grounds to probe LGBTQ+ workshop, says LFL dlvr.it/TL5TW4

A Muslim woman with her 8-month-old child was pushed into no-man’s land between India and Bangladesh, along with 11 others on May 28, after being arrested by the Assam Police. "Are they human or animals?" her son asked in disbelief. scroll.in/article/108296… @ZamanRokibuz_…

State-owned newspapers are now praising Anwar's "tougher" stance on Myanmar, but this is the same old ASEAN politics of tough rhetoric not backed by enforceable sanctions and real pressure against the Myanmar junta. nst.com.my/news/nation/20…

Myanmar 🇲🇲 “Delivering aid while junta aircraft continue to bomb communities ignores the core of the crisis. They need long-term recovery from both the earthquake and the junta’s atrocity crimes,” writes @sengchit of @FortifyRights. thediplomat.com/2025/05/asean-…

“For years, ASEAN has issued vacuous statements while the Myanmar junta kills, maims, and terrorizes civilians,” said @yaplaysheng of @FortifyRights. “Malaysia must lead ASEAN to ... implement concrete measures to cut off the junta’s capacity for violence." 🧵2/2…

NEW: Malaysia must use next week’s ASEAN Summit and the Troika meeting to spearhead regional measures that will apply maximum pressure on the #Myanmar military junta to end its mounting atrocities, said @FortifyRights today. ASEAN should: ✅ Impose a region-wide embargo on…