Phil Robertson
@reaproy.bsky.social
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
Statement by the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand (FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social) on the outrageous 20 year sentence against publisher Jimmy Lai in #HongKong. Clear violation of media freedom, freedom of expression.
www.fccthai.com/news/fcct-st...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Statement by the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand (FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social) on the outrageous 20 year sentence against publisher Jimmy Lai in #HongKong. Clear violation of media freedom, freedom of expression.
www.fccthai.com/news/fcct-st...
www.fccthai.com/news/fcct-st...
In action yesterday at the FCCT in Bangkok. Thanks to HRW for asking me to come back and moderate their panel to launch the World Report yesterday.
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
In action yesterday at the FCCT in Bangkok. Thanks to HRW for asking me to come back and moderate their panel to launch the World Report yesterday.
It was a great pleasure to help moderate the Human Rights Watch's release in Asia of their World Report - yesterday at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in Bangkok. Seen here with the HRW crew after the launch.
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
It was a great pleasure to help moderate the Human Rights Watch's release in Asia of their World Report - yesterday at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in Bangkok. Seen here with the HRW crew after the launch.
Coming this Thursday, 5 Feb at 10:30am at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok - Human Rights Watch will launch its annual World Report w/discussion of rights developments in 2025 across the Asia region by Asia director @elainepearson.bsky.social & team. www.fccthai.com/event/declin... #Rights2026
February 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Coming this Thursday, 5 Feb at 10:30am at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok - Human Rights Watch will launch its annual World Report w/discussion of rights developments in 2025 across the Asia region by Asia director @elainepearson.bsky.social & team. www.fccthai.com/event/declin... #Rights2026
Part of the answer about why so many rabid #MAGA supporters are totally clueless about the world comes from their steady intake of Fox News. Here's a case in point.
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Part of the answer about why so many rabid #MAGA supporters are totally clueless about the world comes from their steady intake of Fox News. Here's a case in point.
Horrible haze hanging over Bangkok today 😪
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Horrible haze hanging over Bangkok today 😪
Harking back to Melania's outfit that she wore on a visit to migrant children in a detention center. Great torching of her absolute flop of a movie....
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Harking back to Melania's outfit that she wore on a visit to migrant children in a detention center. Great torching of her absolute flop of a movie....
Ital-Thai construction depicted in Thai cartoon for its horrifically lousy safety record that has cost the lives of workers and motorists, and most recently, riders on a train to Ubon Ratchatani. Executives at Ital-Thai needed to held criminally responsible & authorities should fine them heavily too
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Ital-Thai construction depicted in Thai cartoon for its horrifically lousy safety record that has cost the lives of workers and motorists, and most recently, riders on a train to Ubon Ratchatani. Executives at Ital-Thai needed to held criminally responsible & authorities should fine them heavily too
Fantastic evening last night at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social for the #Thailand premier of the new movie, The General: Vietnam in the Age of To Lam. An absolutely full house for this riveting film about #Vietnam's authoritarian leader and the rights abuses committed under his leadership.
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Fantastic evening last night at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social for the #Thailand premier of the new movie, The General: Vietnam in the Age of To Lam. An absolutely full house for this riveting film about #Vietnam's authoritarian leader and the rights abuses committed under his leadership.
January 25, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The scene on the street in Minneapolis-St.Paul as protesters resist the invasion and abuses of ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 AM
The scene on the street in Minneapolis-St.Paul as protesters resist the invasion and abuses of ICE.
Old and new side by side in Bangkok.
January 22, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Old and new side by side in Bangkok.
Hack, cough, gag on Bangkok air today. PM 2.5 through the roof!
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Hack, cough, gag on Bangkok air today. PM 2.5 through the roof!
The Princess and the Pea, modern American version.
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The Princess and the Pea, modern American version.
Trump arrives in Davos at the WEF. @weforum.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Trump arrives in Davos at the WEF. @weforum.org
Stranger Elections in #Thailand, and the return of the military "Democracy Flayer." Great cartoon by Stephff on the upside down world of Thai democracy constantly overturned by unelected conservative interests & military. #ThaiElection26
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Stranger Elections in #Thailand, and the return of the military "Democracy Flayer." Great cartoon by Stephff on the upside down world of Thai democracy constantly overturned by unelected conservative interests & military. #ThaiElection26
Ha ha ha, exactly this.
January 11, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Ha ha ha, exactly this.
Next ICE target is Lady Liberty.
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Next ICE target is Lady Liberty.
Working during an event at the @fccthai.bsky.social!
Thanks for sharing your photo of me, Jonathan Head.
Thanks for sharing your photo of me, Jonathan Head.
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Working during an event at the @fccthai.bsky.social!
Thanks for sharing your photo of me, Jonathan Head.
Thanks for sharing your photo of me, Jonathan Head.
Excellent statement on Venezuela by @kerrykennedy.bsky.social, a fellow international advisory board member of @fortifyrights.bsky.social, that succinctly lays out the issues at hand after the Trump regime's attack on that country.
January 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Excellent statement on Venezuela by @kerrykennedy.bsky.social, a fellow international advisory board member of @fortifyrights.bsky.social, that succinctly lays out the issues at hand after the Trump regime's attack on that country.
The real reason for the Trump regime attack on Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
The real reason for the Trump regime attack on Venezuela.
Pla Chon (Snakehead) fishing on Koh Mak with Joe...
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Pla Chon (Snakehead) fishing on Koh Mak with Joe...
Fishing over the New Year. Pla chon (snakehead) in the backlands of Koh Mak.
January 3, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Fishing over the New Year. Pla chon (snakehead) in the backlands of Koh Mak.