"Fortify Rights"

International organisations are joining the call for Thai authorities and a Thai-owned poultry company to drop criminal and civil defamation complaints brought by the company against human rights defenders.

Fortify Rights has accused Thai authorities and a Thai gold mining company of violating the rights of local environmental defenders involved in opposing a gold mine in northeastern Thailand for more than a decade.

An international human rights group on Friday urged the United Nations Security Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the full spectrum of atrocities in Rakhine State.