Vanessa Steinmetz

Head of Office Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar @FNFreiheit , based in Bangkok I Former Editor Foreign Desk @derspiegel

[Vanessa Steinmetz @_vks_]

After three months of digging deep into the informal shadow economy of the #Philippines and a possible solution to maid abuse in #Singapore, the first two stories from our FNF Journalist Training 2021 got published. Very proud! More to come! @FNFreiheit https://t.co/mPqDyVU7U8

[Vanessa Steinmetz @_vks_]

Thailand: New report reveals conditions in the most secretive places of detention https://t.co/5Dp4s2pvsA via @fidh_en

[Annalena Baerbock @UN_PGA]

This morning, the General Assembly elected 18 Member States to serve on the Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term.

Congratulations to the newly elected members:

Benin
Plurinational State of Bolivia
Colombia
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Rep. of Congo
Ethiopia
Gambia
Iceland
Kenya
Marshall Islands
Mexico
North Macedonia
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand

[Poppy McPherson @poppymcp]

Almost 24 hours after the arrest of Mech Dara - the investigative journalist who exposed Cambodian scam compounds, staffed by trafficked workers - military police tell us they do not know his current whereabouts.

https://t.co/dqhzdxbJ34

[Cornelius Dieckmann @CoDieckmann]

“It is not China who wants to change the status quo, but Taiwan separatist forces”, says Wang Yi.

Mr. Wang, the DPP whom you so solemnly hate wants nothing more than to uphold the status quo. It’s literally the official policy of @iingwen & her party chair successor @ChingteLai.

[Tassanee Vejpongsa @tassanee]

Bangkok pollution is through the roof. Can our local administrations in agricultural areas stop buying expensive lamp posts but investing heavy machine farming equipment for villages?

[Cindy Yu @CindyXiaodanYu]

This was such a brilliant video I subtitled it so more people can watch it. Beijing students' response last night to accusations that there are 'foreign forces' at play in this weekend's protests

'The foreign forces you are talking about – are they Marx and Engels?'

[Xifan Yang 杨希璠 @yangxifan]

„Nieder mit der KP!“ „Nieder mit Xi Jinping!“ Wer hätte gedacht, dass die 1. offenen und öffentlich sichtbaren Anti-Regime-Proteste China seit 1989 in einer der Hipstermeilen Shanghais, der Wulumuqi Rd, ausbrechen. Habe 2011-2015 einen Steinwurf entfernt gewohnt. Gänsehaut 🥺

[China Commission @CECCgov]

1 year ago #PengShuai accused #ZhangGaoli of sexual assault. While Zhang was notably featured at the 20th Party Congress, Peng remains disappeared, an unacceptable reality underscored by the fact that, for the first time in 25 years, no women will serve on the 24-member Politburo

[Will Ripley @willripleyCNN]

These pics taken by Song Sehyun, 22-year-old who was attending the Halloween party in Seoul’s Itaewon nightclub district. You can see how packed the streets were a couple of hours before the deadly crush that killed at least 120 people. Two of his friends, Americans, are missing.

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

#New Chinese Embassy in the UK releases bizarre “press conference” video (no press, no questions) which features this cracker:

[Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @SaksithCNA]

#BREAKING Thai Prime Minister @prayutofficial’s term has *NOT* reached its 8-year-term limit, Constitutional Court says. Judges say that his term started on 6 April 2017 when the current constitution came into force. #8ปีประยุทธ์ #นายก8ปี #WhatsHappeningInThailand

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

OUT NOW:

In 2017, @Meta boosted anti-Rohingya hate on the @facebook platform. Now, a group of young Rohingya refugees have filed a human rights complaint against the company for its role in violence against their community.

Here’s what’s happening 👇

https://t.co/oqpaf7qN46

[Phil Robertson @Reaproy]

The parameters of #Myanmar junta's sinister trap are revealed, they informed 'problem' w/#HanLay's passport as she was flying from #Vietnam back to #Thailand. Good that @UNHCRAsia stepped in with timely advice to her at #Bangkok airport, likely saved her! https://t.co/z6FfbhDo5h

[Felix Heiduk @FelixHeiduk]

Kurzes Papier zur Außenpolitik der Philippinen unter Marcos jr. Mein Argument: Duterte 2.0 unwahrscheinlich. Kein China-pivot in Sicht. Primat der Innenpolitik als zentrale Determinante. Eröffnet Möglichkeiten für neue Kooperation auch für Europa.
https://t.co/baT1MDSwlO

[Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz]

BREAKING: long-awaited UN report on Xinjiang concludes that "serious human rights violations have been committed".

"Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment ...are credible, as are allegations of individual incidents of sexual... violence."
https://t.co/XeaHR1ehCX

[Vanessa Steinmetz @_vks_]

"Without a doubt, the first Chinese bomb or rocket that should fall on the island would make the supply chain impact of the COVID pandemic seem like a mere hiccup in comparison." #TSMC

[Emily Feng 冯哲芸 @EmilyZFeng]

A great primer on Taiwan's chip supremacy, the semiconductor supply chain, and why we should all care: https://t.co/bmXbcLk8Kv

[Poppy McPherson @poppymcp]

👇 #Myanmar's military junta has detained Britain's former ambassador to the country, Vicky Bowman. She is married to a Burmese artist and has lived in the country for many years, running a firm that encourages responsible investment.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The verdict at last delivers the justice that millions of Malaysians voted for when they kicked Najib Razak out of office in 2018, ending the six-decade rule of his party https://t.co/krNCtnUX2v

[Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @SaksithCNA]

#BREAKING: Thai Constitutional Court accepts petition to rule on PM @prayutofficial’s 8 year term limit AND *SUSPENDS* HIM FROM DUTY IMMEDIATELY until there’s verdict. The judges voted 5:4 to take on the opposition’s petition.

[Vanessa Steinmetz @_vks_]

‘Hoopla and yellow journalism’: Taiwanese Americans bemoan media fearmongering over Pelosi visit https://t.co/gJSqmWakyj