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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 19h

Speaking with Deutsche Press Agency (DPA) bureau in #Hanoi about the outrageous & unacceptable abduction of 3 Vietnamese human rights & democracy activists in #Cambodia, & their forced return to #Vietnam. www.scmp.com/week-asia/pe...

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Vietnam charges 3 men with terrorism as abduction claim emerges

Viet Tan says the pair, who hold Norwegian and Australian citizenship, entered Cambodia legally and planned to leave four days later.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Statement today by Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (#AHRLA) on #Vietnam's abduction of two human rights & democracy activists, who were last seen in #Cambodia. Yet again, #Hanoi engaged in transnational repression efforts across the Mekong region. Outrageous & unacceptable rights violations!

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Excellent report by SBS Australia includes interview with Chloe Dang, wife of abducted Vietnam activist Tran Hiep, and my small interjection about #Vietnam's horrific use of transnational repression across Southeast Asia. www.sbs.com.au/news/video/v...

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Vietnam detains Melbourne activist on terror charges

Vietnam police have arrested three people, including an Australian, accusing them all of terrorism. Human rights groups and close family of Australian activist and Melbourne man Hiep Tran say he was a...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Speaking to the @theguardian.com about the "unacceptable outrage” of Vietnam's abduction of activists in #Cambodia which "demonstrates yet again that Hanoi is arguably the most vicious & pernicious practitioner of transnational repression today in Southeast Asia" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Vietnamese government accused of abducting human rights activists

Detained anti-human trafficking campaigners include Tran Hiep, a Vietnamese Australian, not heard from since 18 September

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Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 28/09/2026

I wore this shirt to the State Courts for my court mention for one count of "taking part in a public assembly within a prohibited area". Security wouldn't let me into the building wearing it. I ultimately took it off by the entrance and turned it inside out before I was allowed in.

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SEA Junction @seajunction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#HappeningTomorrow Join us Film Screening & Discussion "Myanmar Diaries" holding as part of the Photo Exhibition "The Coup Year: A Visual Chronicle of Resistance in Myanmar" tomorrow at 6-9 pm at Dia.Lo.Gue. If you are in Jakarta, Please come and see exhibition and film. #flim #screening

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This morning (9/25, starts 10 am) - must see event for #Burma watchers in #Bangkok -- People's Goal releases report, speaks at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social about latest developments inside #Myanmar armed forces with in-depth analysis from military defectors. Don't miss it! Free & open to the public!

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonito Tuna caught off of backside of Nantucket, and my daughter's conversion of same into sushi rolls ;-) So delicious!

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Getting ready for the Blue Wave!

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)'s decision on the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 is a slam dunk decision clearly pointing how arbitrary & outrageous their imprisonment is, & states their imprisonment is illegal under international law. Free #MNC5 now! news.mongabay.com/2026/08/camb...

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Cambodia defies UN call to free ‘arbitrarily jailed’ environmental activists

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Cambodian government has defended its continued imprisonment of five environmental activists, after the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared the five...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fantastic James Talarico interview on @jimmykimmel.com. Everyone should watch this. Every Texan should vote for him, and send him to the US Senate in November! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sad commentary on the era of #Trump the Orange Monster from those who remember Schoolhouse Rock in the 1970s...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nothing like a snappy comeback to a #MAGA insult to bring a smile to my face ;-)

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Seraphina @mickeymolest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The administration says the Iran conflict isn't really a “war.” That's comforting. Because apparently if we rename the war, the missiles, military deaths and $37.5 billion price tag magically become something else. Words aren't a strategy. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Trump calls Iran conflict 'small potatoes' and defends Vance's position that it's not a 'war'

President Donald Trump describes the conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" and says he agrees with Vice President JD Vance's assertion that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are no longer...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hilarious cartoon raising issue of what do American sailors in #Pattaya really want ;-) Particularly laughing at the "Persian Gulf Massage Oil".... Another great one from #Bangkok based editorial cartoonist Stepff.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Americans in #Bangkok! You can register to vote & request your absentee ballot to vote in the upcoming US election - it's super easy. Go to VoteFromAbroad.org -- or come by any Sunday this month to the Queen Bee, and Democrats Abroad will help you with it! Volunteers there from 4:30 to 8 pm!

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Yet another excellent, must read article on #Thailand troubled Deep South. Really exposes serious failures in approach by Thai gov't security forces & lack of trust they engender among both people & insurgents in the people. No wonder negotiations going nowhere donpathan.blogspot.com/2026/09/betw...

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Between fighting and talking: horse-trading in Thailand’s far South

Group photo marking the end of the high-level official meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 2004. Don Pathan Prachatai English Throughou...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Speaking to @aljazeera.com about the deadly airstrikes weakening the resistance in #Myanmar. “Air attacks demoralize PDFs and other resistance troops, and scatter civilians who have supported the rebels." #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SaveMyanmar www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...

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Air raids, conscripts and China: How Myanmar’s military is regaining ground

Rebel fighters in Myanmar lose key towns as conscription, relentless air raids and Chinese support bolster the military.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yes, this makes me feel better ;-) 555

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Speaking to TRT's The Newsmakers interview program on the 9th anniversary of #Myanmar military's genocide vs the #Rohingya. Sad to report that the situation is getting worse & the international community has walked away from the problem as well as #Burma in general. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENc...

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Rohingya refugee crisis nine years on: Has the world forgotten?

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Stupid #MAGA Kool Aid drinkers voted for forever war in #Iran but still can't bring themselves to oppose Trump, the Orange Monster.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Seen in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY last week. Exactly right, and exactly how I feel about ICE.

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

New event! 📆10th Aug 🕙10am Thailand Time Join @reaproy.bsky.social & Thai-Burma Alliance Foundation in Bangkok for a event & lecture to commemorate the 1988 Uprising in Myanmar. "We will continue to strive for the future while remembering those who gave their lives for our democracy"

ကျွန်တော် ခင်ဗျားနဲ့ တွေ့ဆုံပြီး စကားပြောပါမယ်။ နိုင်ငံရေးအခြေအနေအားလုံးမှာ မိန့်ခွန်းပြောကြားပါမယ်။

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အရေးတော်ပုံဟောပြောပွဲ

၈၈၈၈ လူထုအရေးတော်ပုံကြီး အောက်မေ့ဖွယ် အခမ်းအနားကို ကျင်းပခဲ့ပါတယ်။

ထိုင်း-မြန်မာ မဟာမိတ်အဖွဲ့ ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်းမှ

"ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ရဲ့ ဒီမိုကရေစီအတွက် အသက်ပေးလှူခဲ့သူတွေကို အောက်မေ့သတိရရင်း အနာဂတ်အတွက် ဆက်လက်ကြိုးစားသွားပါမယ်။"

၂၀၂၆ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁၀ ရက်

အခန်းကို မနက် ၁၀ နာရီမှာ စတင်ပါမယ်။

ကျောင်းသားခရစ်ယာန်စင်တာ-

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Seminar 10 am, 10 August at the SCC in #Bangkok on the situation in #Myanmar & #Thai government's recent red-carpet treatment of bloody hands military dictator (in a suit) ret. Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. Open discussion, looking forward to speaking on this panel #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SaveMyanmar

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (#AHRLA) joined this important statement of over 100 Burmese and regional NGOs, demanding the #Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (which is a total joke) not be allowed to chair regional NHRIs coalition, SEANF. www.facebook.com/WGonNHRIBurm...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Speaking to Thai Enquirer about #Myanmar military thug Sr. Gen. (ret) Min Aung Hlaing's visit to #Bangkok, & the Thai government's outrageous & unacceptable engagement that basically whitewashes of human rights atrocities under his rule. Shame on PM Anutin! www.thaienquirer.com/72750/rights...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

AHRLA raps Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to Bangkok! Appreciate @mizzimadailynews.substack.com for carrying alternative, critical voices who are condemning the visit of #Myanmar military coup leader (ret) Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to #Thailand. This entire visit is appalling eng.mizzima.com/2026/08/06/3...

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What I said about #Myanmar military junta leader (ret) Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing's visit to #Thailand, and the foolish Thai decision to invite him in the first place. Re-engagement policy based on hope and a prayer, hoping the Myanmar military will be nice to us for a change. Yeah, right. WTF.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

“Prime Minister Anutin should be ashamed to host Min Aung Hlaing” is what I told @bloomberg.com about the visit of the murderous #Myanmar leader to Bangkok. The only thing that will result is bad publicity and ruined reputation for #Thailand. financialpost.com/pmn/business...

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Thailand Welcomes Myanmar Leader in Push to End Isolation

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul welcomed Myanmar’s former junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on his first visit to Thailand since becoming a civilian leader, under…

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Coming on 8/27 at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok - looking forward from a painful past in East Timor. Featuring Timor Leste's Ambassador #Thailand, amazing film from last days of #Indonesia's occupation, photos & panel discussion. Don't miss it, starts 6.30 pm www.fccthai.com/event/timor-...

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Timor-Leste (East Timor): ASEAN’s newest member looks forward from a painful past | FCCT

Join us for Timor-Leste (East Timor): ASEAN’s newest member looks forward from a painful past at FCCT. Aug 27, 2026. Members free, non-members 400 baht; students and local media with ID 150 baht.

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FCCThai @fccthai.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand will host a wake for Dave Kendall, an FCCT journalist member who served on the club’s board during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Friday, August 7, 2026 6:30 pm

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

From @reaproy.bsky.social Director, Asia Human Rights and Labour Advocates (AHRLA) on the visit of former Min Aung Hlaing to Bangkok, Aug 6, 2026 "The deaths of thousands, displacement & untold suffering of millions, and destruction of Myanmar’s economy can all be laid at Min Aung Hlaing’s feet"

“Prime Minister Anutin should be ashamed to host Min Aung Hlaing, a murderous Myanmar military officer with the blood of countless Burmese on his hands. Min Aung Hlaing’s vanity and thirst for power have single-handedly plunged his country into civil war after his illegal military coup in February 2021 that deposed the duly elected Myanmar government. Thailand is engaged in an effort that could be best characterized as the triumph of hope over experience, and once again, they will end up with little except bad publicity on the world stage because of their complicity with one of the worst human rights abusers in Asia.
The deaths of thousands, displacement and untold suffering of millions, and destruction of Myanmar’s economy can all be laid at Min Aung Hlaing’s feet. The rigged, illegitimate “election” that he presided over ruined any hope of a restoration of democracy in the country. Min Aung Hlaing oversaw the Myanmar military’s genocide against the Rohingya people in Rakhine state, constituting serious crimes against humanity for which he should be standing trial at the International Criminal Court.
Thailand has not escaped the horrific impacts from Min Aung Hlaing’s misrule. The lawlessness of Myanmar military rule enabled the proliferation of scam centers on the border that enslaved thousands while ripping off millions of people in Thailand around the world. Bombing campaigns against civilians and forced conscription of Myanmar’s youth has sent continuous waves of desperate, impoverished migrants to Thailand. China and Myanmar’s uncontrolled exploitation of rare earth minerals and gold is now sending torrents of toxins into northern Thailand’s rivers, destroying health and livelihoods of Thai people.
When is Thailand going to wake up and realize that Min Aung Hlaing and his military compatriots are the core problem in Myanmar – and never will be part of the solution?”

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

American in #Bangkok? Need help to get registered & request your absentee ballot to vote in the November 2026 mid-term election in the US? Democrats Abroad #Thailand can help! They are assisting voters every Thursday night in August at Roadhouse BBQ, corner of Surawong & Rama 4 Rd in BKK. 6 to 8 pm

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New event! 📆6th Aug 🕐13:00 Thailand Time Join Bright Future, Myanmar Diaspora & allies for protest "Get Out Min Aung Hlaing" to object to the visit of the murderous Junta Leader to Thailand.

Event flyer by Bright Future for protest

Features picture of Min Aung Hlaing

Text reads Get out Min Aung Hlaing
6th Aug 2026
Location UN building, Bangkok
Time 1pm to 3pm
Dress code all black

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Not at all surprising that there will apparently be a major protest against #Myanmar military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing when he comes to #Bangkok tomorrow. Protest will be in front of the United Nations office, starting at 13:00. Thai officials should let the protest proceed w/o interference!

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Absolutely shocking, outrageous & unacceptable that #Thailand is receiving #Myanmar's murderous dictator, former Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, for bilateral discussions in #Bangkok. Min Aung Hlaing belongs at the Int'l Criminal Court, not fancy meeting rooms at Thai Gov't House.

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