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#StopDigitalDictatorship 💗🏳️‍🌈 Learn more about the intersections between the experiences of women’s, LGBTIQA+, and those of other marginalised communities with the issues of Digital Rights in ASEAN countries in the ‘spotlights’ of our Thematic Report!

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Pheu Thai pledged to raise Thailand's minimum wage to 600 baht/day by 2027. What's the latest on this economic-political promise? What do experts have to say about the economic impacts of minimum wage changes in the region? Join us tonight at 7 pm. fccthai.com/events/367

Pleased to see press freedom NGO RSF here at the FCCThai with Asia-Pacific Bureau Director Cedric Alviani speaking alongside Aleksandra Birlakowska and Liang-Wei Huang. Last summer the RSF bureau for East Asia expanded to covering the whole Asia Pacific. #pressfreedom

😷At first I thought the smog level in Chiang Mai was going to be more acceptable this year. So I had booked the sleeper train there for Songkran. But today the north of #Thailand is on fire. If it continues like this I will just come back the same day and go south instead.

🔴SAVE THE DATE!
'Pantropical investigations: collaborations on environmental crime and
destruction'
  #ijf24 with
Anton L. Delgado
Gustavo Faleiros
Josiane Kouagheu
Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
📽️Live & On Demand > on Fri, Apr 19th
journalismfestival.com/programme/2024…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will assess press freedom in Thailand six months after the coalition government came to power, and present its current and forthcoming activities in the country. Today at 2 pm with Cédric Alviani, the head of @RSF_eastasia. fccthai.com/events/368

Pheu Thai pledged to raise Thailand's minimum wage to 600 baht/day by 2027. What's the latest on this economic-political promise? What do experts have to say about the economic impacts of minimum wage changes in the region? Come hear on Thursday at 7 pm. fccthai.com/events/367

“The crime of waste trafficking is taking away the value that legal, well-regulated waste trade brings to sustainable economies.”

- UN Office on Drugs & Crime Regional Representative Masood Karimipour, during the launch of our new report today: bit.ly/3VIAZge #endENVcrime

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Our oceans are drowning in plastic waste, suffocating marine life and disrupting our climate.

Join us in promoting a circular economy to #BeatWastePollution & meet our 2030 climate goals.

New report coming next week: bit.ly/3vunt5c #ZeroWasteDay #endENVcrime FCCThai

Interested in learning why waste trafficking is a growing concern in Southeast Asia, and globally?

Join us today at 1 pm at FCCThai, #Bangkok , as we launch our new report on the topic.

💻 Online option: bit.ly/3vunt5c

Join us today (April 2) at 1 pm for the launch of the cornerstone UN Office on Drugs & Crime and UN Environment Programme report series publication on the waste trafficking wave, the first of its kind. See details below. fccthai.com/events/365

Waste trafficking is widely seen as a high-profit, low-risk crime. Join us tomorrow, April 2, at 1 pm for the launch of the cornerstone publication 'Turning the Tide' by UN Office on Drugs & Crime and second report in the series by UN Environment Programme. See details below. UN Office on Drugs & Crime_SEAP fccthai.com/events/365

A staggering 2.8m people in Myanmar are internally displaced and countless more have fled the country. Tonight (April 1) we will screen four short films with powerful insights into the IDP (and refugee) crisis and hear from the directors afterwards. fccthai.com/events/363

Explaining more about the Program Committee of the FCCT at the annual general meeting last night.

Exciting changes on the FCCT Board! We are delighted that Elaine Kurtenbach continues as president, joined by new board members Francesca Regalado from Nikkei Asia and Tommy Walker from VOA. Looking forward to a great year ahead!

Join us next Tuesday at 1pm Bangkok for the launch of the #Unwaste report series.
Many thanks, UNITAR World Customs Organization European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) SWEAP Nancy Isarin GRID-Arendal, for your great contribution, and The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Jenna Dawson-Faber Tanya Wyatt, for your insights into the report series!

Often hidden behind legitimate transactions, waste trafficking is a lucrative yet low-risk crime that poses a serious threat to the environment.

Next week, we are launching a report that looks into the many facets of this crime.

Join in person/online: bit.ly/3vunt5c

A 14-year long quest for the face-tattooed women of the Chin in the remotest parts of Myanmar. This photo exhibition by Jens Uwe Parkitny tells an untold story of beauty and belonging. Join us and Tom Vater for the opening tonight, March 25, at 6.30 pm fccthai.com/events/354