Human Rights Defenders: The Migrant Activist

Tens of thousands of Myanmar citizens have fled to Thailand since the 2021 coup. They join an estimated 2 million migrants already in the country. For them it’s been a struggle to get their rights, but activists have helped improve their conditions. This is the story of one of them.

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