<p>On 21 January 2022, as&nbsp;the trial of Kem Sokha, leader of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) resumed after a two year delay, Southeast Asian parliamentarians have reiterated their call for Cambodian authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop the treason charges against him.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Under the Chairmanship of Cambodia in 2022, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must meaningfully address the regressive human rights crisis in the region, including the rapidly deteriorating situation in Myanmar, said rights groups at a webinar yesterday (2 December).</p>

<p>On 9 November 2021,&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/thailand&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636783943474000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04WIoAttdszBP7ef0DOa6O" href="https://www.hrw.org/thailand" target="_blank">Thai</a>&nbsp;immigration officials forcibly returned two Cambodian refugees, putting them at risk of unfair trials in&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/asia/cambodia&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636783943474000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0OnxEwfQpJO5oqA39UpQuL" href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/cambodia" target="_blank">Cambodia</a>, said Human Rights Watch.</p>

<p>CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, calls on the Cambodian authorities to drop the baseless charges against trade union activist and human rights defender&nbsp;Rong Chhun and to release him immediately and unconditionally.</p>

<p>A year has passed since the disappearance of Thai human rights activist, Wanchalearm Satsaksit. Witnesses report that he was forcibly abducted from a street near his home in Phnom Penh, where he had been living in self-imposed exile. Despite considerable public interest in the case, the investigation has made little headway.</p>

<p>A year after the disappearance of Thai activist <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/category/wanchalearm-satsaksit">Wanchalearm Satsaksit</a>, his family still waits for justice while official investigations seem to have stalled.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Prachatai speaks to Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit,&nbsp;about the progress in her brother&#39;s case, and how her life has changed since she made the decision to do everything she can to find and call for justice for her brother.</p>

<p>&nbsp;A year after Wanchalearm Satsaksit vanished, authorities say there is no proof he was abducted in Phnom Penh. A joint investigation reveals details of the Thai dissident&rsquo;s escape from Thailand, life in exile in Cambodia and the last days before he disappeared.</p>

<p>The Thai and Cambodian authorities have failed to investigate the disappearance of Thai activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who was abducted from his residence in Phnom Penh on 4 June 2020, says Human Rights Watch.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Journalists and media workers face an increasingly repressive legal landscape amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, as outlined by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).</p>

<p>Sitanan Satsaksit, sister of missing Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, testified to the Department of Special Investigation on 25 March on her brother&#39;s disappearance and said&nbsp;she has evidence of her brother being in Cambodia before he went missing.&nbsp;</p>