Isaan Lives: A gold mine, a chair and an artist-turned-activist
A young woman is drawn into activism to defend her home in Loei Province against a gold mining project.
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Meet the grannies leading an anti-mining movement [VIDEO]
Grandmothers, activists, and businesswomen – the Radical Grandma Collective is slowly but surely changing one village in the mountains of Northeast Thailand.
Fortify Rights: Drop charges, protect environmental defenders in Loei
Fortify Rights calls on Thailand’s authorities to drop all criminal charges against seven environmental defenders facing more than five years in prison for engaging in peaceful protests in Loei Province.
The March of Resilience: Loei villagers protest against the reopening of a gold mine
In November villagers in Loei Province protested the renewal of a forest use license for the Phuthapfa gold mining site, operated by Tungkum Ltd (TKL). If the TAO grants the license, Tungkum Ltd will once again have all the licenses needed to restart operations in the gold mine.
Fortify Rights: Decriminalize defamation, protect human rights defenders and press
Human rights organization Fortify Rights welcomes the dismissal of criminal defamation complaints by a gold mining company against Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS).