Civil Society (25th – 29th August 2025)
| Cambodian and Thai civil society groups urge the Thai government and military to immediately and unconditionally release 18 Cambodian soldiers who were captured one month ago, as calls continued by the government to the Thai military to respect the ceasefire agreement. http://bit.ly/3VqUSHg; Nearly 40 activists held for more than a year on incitement charges will soon face a rotating group trial, the latest turn in a protracted legal saga. They were arrested after organizing protests last year against a decades-old development deal with neighboring countries, known as the CLV-DTA, that the government has since scrapped. http://bit.ly/3HY5hqR; Civil society organisations raised grave concerns after the National Assembly passed a new draft law to revoke citizenship, which they claim impacts human rights. |
