<p>On 21 January 2022, as&nbsp;the trial of Kem Sokha, leader of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) resumed after a two year delay, Southeast Asian parliamentarians have reiterated their call for Cambodian authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop the treason charges against him.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen&#39;s meeting with Myanmar&#39;s&nbsp;self-declared State Administration Council leader Min Aung Hlaing is a threat to ASEAN and Myanmar, says&nbsp;ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR).</p>

<p>On 6 January 2022, prosecutors have&nbsp;prosecuted Thanaphon Wichan, a labor union activist from her attampt to give a Labour Minister a petition calling for assistance for labours amidst&nbsp;the pandemic. The&nbsp;court allowed her to post bail on own recognizance.</p>

<p>Thai authorities should immediately release lèse-majesté detainee Anchan Preelerd, the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) urged.</p>

<p>A joint statement by&nbsp;47 Civil Society Organizations and individuals&nbsp;underlines&nbsp;their concerns over the&nbsp;Not-for-Profit Organizations B.E&hellip;&nbsp; Draft Act, saying there would be needless damage upon the livelihood of their operations which benefit the public.</p>

<p>Amnesty International raised concerns that the new NGO bill could be used to control civil society groups and called on the Thai government to withdraw the bill.&nbsp;</p>

<p>UNHCR advocates for efforts to assist newly arrived Myanmar refugees in Thailand and emphasizes humanitarian and protection needs.</p>

<p>In a year when fewer people have travelled or migrated voluntarily than in any time in recent history, hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar have been forced to flee for their own safety and survival.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Transgender people in&nbsp;Thailand&nbsp;have no route to legal recognition of their gender identity, making them vulnerable to various forms of discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today with the Thai Transgender Alliance.</p>

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s prison sentence is &quot;the latest example of the military&rsquo;s determination to eliminate all opposition and suffocate freedoms in Myanmar,&quot; said&nbsp;Amnesty International yesterday (7 December).&nbsp;</p>