HaRDstories.org

HaRDstories.org has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in January 2022. The social media accounts linked to from HaRDstories.org are: • Facebook • Instagram • X Besides social media accounts, hardstories has populated their site with: • Thailand’s trouble with planting forests to offset emissions - HaRDstories • How fake news pages work, and how to spot one - HaRDstories • Cambodia’s largest casino won the strike. The workers refuse to lose - HaRDstories • HaRDstories.org • What it costs to love an environmental activist in Cambodia - HaRDstories • The Kui are stitching together an identity torn apart by borders - HaRDstories • Poverty left the Lahu exposed. For the drug trade, they were an easy target - HaRDstories • Myanmar’s mining boom is poisoning Thailand’s rivers - HaRDstories • What one family’s fight says about activism in Cambodia - HaRDstories • Cambodia’s land concession system has safeguards. They don’t work. - HaRDstories • In Thailand, forests are encroaching on the people - HaRDstories • They fled a border conflict. Now debt is pushing them back - HaRDstories • They were trafficked for their bank accounts. And their faces. - HaRDstories • Fake news pages run from Cambodia target Thailand. But who’s really behind them? - HaRDstories • In Cambodian villages, women create their own path to safety - HaRDstories • Khmer Rouge survivors struggle to find care as they age - HaRDstories • As online sexual abuse surges, volunteers fill tech industry’s gap - HaRDstories • Thailand’s last hunter-gatherers face a vanishing way of life • How border clashes turned co-workers into targets - HaRDstories • Thailand caps rooftop solar power at 90 megawatts. Its potential is 9,000. - HaRDstories • What is Thailand’s Clean Air Act and why does it matter? - HaRDstories • As rubber trees spread, indigenous farmers fight for their land - HaRDstories • Thailand has laws against intimate partner violence. They just don’t work - HaRDstories • Cambodia’s new airport slowly breaks a rural community - HaRDstories • Thailand depends on migrant workers. So why the backlash? - HaRDstories • Thailand achieved marriage equality. Intersex people are still waiting for their turn • Cambodia jailed the husbands. The wives won’t stay silent • In exile, these refugees curate their own history • She turned data into a weapon against Thailand’s polluters • Kriangkai Chichuang: The Karen leader teaching Thailand what it means to be indigenous • How fake news is turning Thais against Myanmar migrants • Will Thailand finally recognise its six million indigenous citizens? • As Thailand chokes on smog, these citizens wrote the law to fix it • Thai protesters dump invasive fish at government’s doorstep • Vietnam’s religious refugees face narrowing path to safety • Thai court dismisses defamation case against anti-mining group • The billion-dollar shortcut that could change everything • Sumana Noi’s personal mission to protect Myanmar migrants • Thai disability advocates push for more inclusive workplaces • The woman helping the Mlabri weave a new future • In Thailand’s forests, a conflict over conservation, land rights and climate action • In Ayutthaya, farmers pay the price for Bangkok's dry feet • Will Thailand lead or lag in tackling plastic pollution? • The man saving hundreds from Southeast Asia’s trafficking nightmare • Restoration or greenwashing? • When cybercrime trafficking victims become suspects • As Phnom Penh's lakes are filled in, communities are pushed out • Thai court orders factory to pay 1.77 billion baht for pollution • From Thailand’s shadows, exiled journalists expose the Burmese junta’s brutal regime • Marriage equality passes, but where are the LGBTQ senators? • Thai plan to relax fishing law stokes fear of return to illegal catches, worker abuse • Thai performers push boundaries with silent protests • Thailand’s stateless youth fight for recognition, one livestream at a time • Legal abortion access meets moral resistance in Thailand's migrant hubs • On the Thai Border, a frantic push to school Myanmar’s youngest refugees • How Thailand's fish farms battle an alien invasion • How ex-detainees drive healing in a troubled region • Changing sand for concrete: Will Thailand’s gamble on coastal erosion pay off? • Potash mining in Thailand: Rural resistance grows amid electric vehicle battery push • In Thailand's red-light districts, a non-profit redefines healthcare for sex workers • Thai villages, anchored in an insurgent past, confront a modern peril: Cross-border coal pollution - HaRDstories - Investigate. Inspire. Ignite • They fought a gold mine and won. But their lands – and blood – are still poisoned. • For Rohingyas in Thailand, legal recognition is a luxury many can't afford • Employing the algorithm: Thailand’s new wave of online labour unions • When the office door closed, the streets opened: The union organiser who won’t quit • How Thailand's sex workers paved the way for legalisation • With Thailand’s living cost on the rise, can people survive on 20 baht a day? • Piya Thedyam: Spearheading the fight for sustainable fishing in Thailand • Thailand's law says abortion is accessible to all. Reality says otherwise • Can a river have legal personhood and rights? Mekong communities echo ongoing global debates • Journalists push against the media’s unspoken ban on labour unions • No surname, no citizenship: Two men launch landmark lawsuit against statelessness • For those who died trying: Photography and violence in Thailand • Ida Aroonwong: The book editor who safeguards the right to bail in Thailand • As the Mekong becomes a political battleground, one woman is determined to turn the tide • In Asia’s queer ‘paradise’, trans people struggle for rights and recognition • People’s Radio: a friend to Burmese migrant workers in Thailand • A decades-old vision of ‘greening’ Thailand’s Northeast raises local concerns • The women fundraising millions to bail people out of jail in Thailand • Seeking Justice: How Yureesa Sama builds peace through dialogue in the Deep South • The Mackerel Migration – A 1000km boat journey to raise awareness about the state of the seas • From insider to fierce opponent: How one woman took on Thailand’s largest gold mine • Lertsak Kamkongsak, the activist who battles mining with community building • Thailand's Chatree gold mine, blamed for sickening local villagers, is set to reopen • Opposing the NPO Bill: Community groups mobilise to protect freedom of association in Thailand • Forest crusader’s death could not stop destruction in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains • Providing safety and dignity to women at the time of the month they need it the most - HaRDstories - Where Human Rights Defenders Tell Their Stories • Netting the evidence: Thai fisherfolk fight oil spills with data • Like moving fish to another ocean: Yuam River communities in the dark over water diversion project impacts • Vinai Dithajohn: A visual chronicler of Thailand’s politics, protests and putsches • A tale of two mothers: Seeking justice for Chaiyaphum Pasae and Abe Sae Mu • Recycled problems: Farming communities fight pollution in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor • Armed with smartphones, volunteer poll watchers keep tabs on Thailand’s elections • Uprooting the forest guardians: Indigenous people across Southeast Asia defend land and customs • Defending the forests she calls home: Duang's struggle against a coal mine • Truth and Therapy: Healing the wounds of Thailand's Deep South conflict • The young law graduate on the frontline against Thailand’s risky mining • Radiant and radical: Tada Hengsapkul’s art uncovers Thailand’s dark history • A fisherfolk’s daughter defends the sea against an industrial mega project • Following her mother’s footsteps, she fights for Thailand’s slum communities • In northeastern Thailand, a community struggles to reclaim their lives taken by the Rasi Salai dam • The women standing their ground against a mining company in Northeast Thailand • After shootings and killings, a village in southern Thailand hopes for land rights recognition • One last stand: A rural Thai community declares victory in a struggle against a limestone quarry • Nalutporn Krairiksh: Challenging Thai society to see people with disabilities as equally human • Patchara Kumchumnan: Once a victim of discrimination, he now fights for Thailand’s indigenous people • After fighting a mine for 26 years, a rural Thai community declares victory • Natthapan Saengtab: Leading the fight for land rights in Southern Thailand