Phil Robertson
@reaproy.bsky.social
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Human rights & labor activist, working mostly in SE Asia. FCCT Board member and chair of Programs Committee. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. SAIS Grad. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker
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reaproy.bsky.social
Great interview with @govpritzker.illinois.gov about the crisis facing #Chicago because of the #Trump invasion of ICE & Texas National Guard, and what needs to be done to fight back. On @maddow.msnbc.com last night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBSx...
Pritzker digs in against Trump abuse of National Guard; warns of 2026 Trump scheme
YouTube video by MSNBC
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kooyjan.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING Sudan news via Elizabeth Evenson, International Justice Director @hrw.org ⤵️

“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."
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elainepearson.bsky.social
Good news - UN Human Rights Council adopts landmark resolution creating an independent mechanism to investigate past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan.

Those responsible for serious crimes in Afghanistan now or in the past will one day face justice in court. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
UN Rights Council Creates Afghanistan Accountability Body
The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 6, 2025, adopted a landmark resolution creating an independent mechanism to investigate past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan.
www.hrw.org
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youranonriots.bsky.social
Free Mikako Yasumura and all other heroes.

Israel calls her a terrorist. But she is not.

She is an ordinary Japanese woman who just wanted to deliver food to starving kids in Gaza.

Free them all now!
#FreeMikakoYasumura

#日本政府は安村美香子さんを救出して下さい
reaproy.bsky.social
What Trump's ridiculous press conference about Tylenol and autism was really about. Don't look at the face on the pills ;-)
reaproy.bsky.social
The real #Bangkok sinkhole is not in the roads, but in Thai politics and erosion of democracy! Great cartoon by Stephff showing the symbolic Democracy Monument under threat from military and conservative elements.
reaproy.bsky.social
Clueless, wannabe warrior Kirsti Noem
reaproy.bsky.social
Really WTF. Trump just makes shit up about people.
reaproy.bsky.social
The real Anutin revealed ;-)! Great cartoon by Bangkok-based cartoonist, Stephff. People's Party need to watch Anutin like a hawk to make sure he doesn't betray the deal to dissolve the Parliament in 4 months & return power to the voters to decide.
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lawrence-moss.bsky.social
For the first time, one country out of the UN's 193 members -- the United States -- has refused to participate in the periodic review of its human rights record. Even the worst rights violators regularly submit to this process, and the US now sets a terrible example. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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reaproy.bsky.social
The Republican Party motto is apparently "do what I say, not what I do" as they trample free expression in the wake of the #CharlieKirk assassination.
reaproy.bsky.social
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaking about the wave of political violence in America, and Donald #Trump effort to fan the flames rather than heal the divisions. Very thoughtful and considered answers to tough questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObSS...
Gov. Pritzker speaks out on political violence (FULL)
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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reaproy.bsky.social
Trump and his right wing crazy colleagues are trying to make #Antifa into a bogey monster that they can use to smear any group that disagrees with them. But when they look for #Antifa they will find that it is not an organization, but rather an idea.
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monicamarks.bsky.social
This illustrates the contradiction precisely. H/t @reaproy.bsky.social
reaproy.bsky.social
It's fine, they got the ridiculous looking wigs that show British justice is still back in the 17th century.
reaproy.bsky.social
Urban pigeon camouflage technique, NYC
reaproy.bsky.social
The very weird Thai political aquarium through the eyes of editorial cartoonist Stephff. Not surprising that the eel, known to be the slipperiest of fishes, got the PM's chair.

#WhatsHappeninginThailand #Thailand #Anutin
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fccthai.bsky.social
Exile Hub will launch a new report about what's happening with the resistance against #Myanmar military, & aid/humanitarian situation on the #India- Myanmar border at the #FCCT on 8 Sept from 5 to 7 pm. Event is free & open to the public, all welcome to hear the latest from this remote area.
reaproy.bsky.social
Tomorrow (8 Sept) from 5 to 7 pm at the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand @fccthai.bsky.social, find out what is happening on the India/Myanmar border with the resistance, displacement in #Myanmar, aid to refugees in #India, & the ongoing battles vs military there. Free & open to public.
reaproy.bsky.social
Time for Marcos to get tough on #Myanmar in discussions with #Cambodia, b/c the Philippines will be the next ASEAN chair that must wrestle w/massive headache that Myanmar is causing for the region. Should issue statement that any election in #Burma under military rule will be illegitimate!
noansereiboth.bsky.social
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives in #Cambodia for a three-day state visit to strengthen Philippines–Cambodia relations.