Phil Robertson

Tell Your Representative to Support Increased Federal Arts Funding for FY27 Congress needs to hear from you as it makes decisions about next year’s funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)! Contact your Representat...

For US citizens! Support funding for the arts! I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Representative to Support Increased Federal Arts Funding for FY27. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

អង្គការ​​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​​អន្តរ​ជាតិ​​ទាម​ទារ​​​ឱ្យ​​រដ្ឋាភិ​បាល​​ដោះ​លែង​​​សកម្ម​ជន​​មាតា​​ធម្មជាតិ​​ដោយ​​ឥត​លក្ខ​ខណ្ឌ - វីអូឌី - ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ស្របពេលតុលាការកំពូលរបស់កម្ពុជា សម្រេចឱ្យបន្តឃុំខ្លួនសកម្មជនបរិស្ថាននៃ​ចលនាមាតាធម្មជាតិទាំង៥រូប កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ អង្គការអន្តរជាតិមួយ បាន​រិះ​គន់​នូវ​ការសម្រេចនេះ ដោយ​ទាម​ទារ​ដោះ​លែង​ពួកគេជាបន្ទាន់ដោយគ្...

Excellent report on the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 by Voice of Democracy (VOD), which is making an amazing underground comeback after being banned by the regime in Phnom Penh. #MNC5 are the heart of the Cambodian environmental movement & must be freed! #FreetheMNC5 www.vodkhmer.news/2026/03/03/i...

Laos: Investigate Prominent Dissident’s Death Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and appropriately prosecute those responsible.

Laos must seriously investigate prominent dissident’s death www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

Cambodian court rejects appeal by Mother Nature Five for early release - UCA News Cambodia’s Supreme Court has denied the appeal for early release for five Mother Nature activists. Discover the latest on the crackdown on environmental dissent in Phnom Penh

"By denying them bail & deliberately slow-walking the appeals court process, the government wants to compel these 5 green heroes to apologize & plead for mercy, but that's not going to happen." Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 have done nothing wrong, free them now! #MNC5 www.ucanews.com/amp/cambodia...

Mother Nature Five Remain Jailed as Supreme Court Rejects Latest Release Bid PHNOM PENH — Nearly two years after they were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, five young environmental activists from Mother Nature Cambodia remain ...

Speaking to @cambodianess.com about the unjust imprisonment of the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5. “They should not have to spend a single day more behind bars” because they were simply exercising their civil & political rights in a peaceful fashion. Let the #MNC5 go now! cambodianess.com/article/moth...

More than 600 days in prison for the Mother Nature Cambodia 5! This travesty of justice must end now for the #MNC5. Free them immediately & unconditionally. #Cambodia

Flash Info: Mother Nature Activists Denied Release The country’s highest court denied release for five activists from the Mother Nature environmental group, prolonging their detention on charges of plotting against the state and insulting th...

More news about the unacceptable denial of bail for the Mother Nature Cambodia 5 #MNC5 in Phnom Penh this morning. Peaceful expression & public assembly for environmental protection should absolutely NOT be a crime. It's time to #FreetheMNC5 now! #Cambodia www.licadho-cambodia.org/flashnews.ph...

Thailand's economy about to take serious collateral damage from the Trump/Bibi war on Iran.

Another great editorial cartoon by Stephff.

Cheryl, you don't know WTF you are talking about. These 40 people had nothing to do with anything in Syria. So kindly piss off with your allegations of "fake news" because you are completely clueless about this.

No idea why.

New event
📆6th March
🕖19:00 Thailand time

At @fccthai.bsky.social Panel: "Impacts in South and Southeast Asia from Russia’s Illegal War in Ukraine: Atrocities, Exploitation, and Accountability"

W/ @oksanapokalchuk.bsky.social @reaproy.bsky.social & more

Details:
www.fccthai.com/event/impact...

Outrageous & unacceptable decision by #Cambodia's gov't controlled court to again deny bail to the Mother Nature Cambodia 5 #MNC5 who now have been in prison for more than 600 days. Peacefully exercising rights to demand environmental protection is NOT a crime. #FreetheMNC5 now!

@mtacalendar.bsky.social @milkteaalliance.bsky.social Including discussion on what's happening in #Myanmar, and duplicitous, forced recruitment of #Bangladesh men by Russians, forcing them to flight on the frontlines of the conflict.

Impacts in South and Southeast Asia from Russia’s Illegal War in Ukraine: Atrocities, Exploitation, and Accountability | FCCT Join us for Impacts in South and Southeast Asia from Russia’s Illegal War in Ukraine: Atrocities, Exploitation, and Accountability at FCCT. Mar 06, 2026. Free and open to all

Look forward to moderating @fortifyrights.bsky.social & Truth Hounds panel on the Russian invasion of #Ukraine & impacts it's having in South and SE Asia. Free & open to all, 7 March at 7 pm in #Bangkok at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social. Should be a fascinating discussion. www.fccthai.com/event/impact...

Thailand’s deported Uyghurs have vanished in China- UCA News One year after Thailand's midnight deportation of 40 Uyghur asylum seekers to China, Human Rights Watch reports they have vanished. Explore the international outcry, the failed monitoring promises, an...

“Thai gov't still has blood on their hands from their heartless, rights-abusing forced return of the Uyghurs to China to face detention, torture, forced labor, & worse. It’s basically impossible to fully state how completely wronged these men were by the Thai state" www.ucanews.com/news/thailan...

Thailand: Free Speech Activists Get 32-Month Sentences A Thai court on February 20, 2026, sentenced a prominent free speech activist and three others to 32 months in prison for criticizing King Maha Vajiralongkorn under Thailand’s royal insult law.

“The abuse of lese majeste charges in Thailand should end & all those held should be released. The government’s prosecution of Pimsiri Petchnamrob specifically for criticizing lese majeste law marks further backsliding on fundamental freedoms in Thailand” says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

Standing with #Ukraine on the 4th anniversary of Russia's criminal, outrageous & unacceptable invasion of Ukraine -- in #Bangkok today!

Film showing in #Bangkok of the effort to break #Israel's humanitarian blockade of #Gaza - the story of the Al Awda ship and activists, done by independent Singaporean film maker Jason Woo. See below for details of the event on 1 March. @mtacalendar.bsky.social

2026.02.05 Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding — 2026 World Re.... YouTube video by FCCT

Then worth watching @hrw.org Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding — 2026 World Report Asia Release w/ @elainepearson.bsky.social @reaproy.bsky.social & more

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09C...
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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...

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...

Onwards with the Thai election - should be a fascinating week to come as they sort out who will be the government.

Could Thailand’s snap election break the old guard's grip on power? YouTube video by The Newsmakers

Enjoyed joining the round-robin discussion about the upcoming Thai election on TRT's The Newsmakers last night. The conversation starts at the 6 minute mark.

#ThailandElection26 #WhatsHappeninginThailand

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlA0...

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.

Could Thailand’s snap election break the old guard's grip on power? YouTube video by The Newsmakers

Enjoyed joining the round-robin discussion about the upcoming Thai election on TRT's The Newsmakers last night. The conversation starts at the 6 minute mark.

#ThailandElection26 #WhatsHappeninginThailand

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlA0...

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

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.

RAP CON WE RAP, WE VOTE TRIPLE EDGE / LIBERATE P / ISEAST HOCKHACKER / ELEVENFINGER 3BONE / OLDNEW / POI / DJ XULALIT BANGKOK ART AND CULTURALCENTRE, THAILAND 4 Feb 2026 FREE ENTRY START AT 8 PM

Events FCCThai Clubhouse February 5, 2026 • 10:30 Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding — 2026 World Report Asia Release By Human Rights Watch Free and open to all.

Wed:
RAP CON in Bangkok! at BACC, Bringing together rap & hip-hop artists who are committed to political & social struggles.

Thurs:
@hrw.org hold Launch of "Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2026" in Bangkok, at @fccthai.bsky.social w/ @elainepearson.bsky.social @reaproy.bsky.social & more
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Horrible haze hanging over Bangkok today 😪