Caleb Quinley

Investigative Journalist | Conflict, repression, & human rights in SE Asia. Bylines | @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @guardian, others.

[Caleb Quinley @calebquinley]

1. For decades, Thailand was once known as a safe haven for dissidents fleeing repression. That all changed after the 2014 military coup.

I spent months consulting with @hrw to investigate how the former Prayut regime has targeted foreign dissidents on Thai soil with impunity.

[Fortify Rights @FortifyRights]

The #Myanmar military junta continues to target civilians left behind in conflict areas—killing, detaining, and terrorizing communities, in an article by @calebquinley @Myanmar_Now.

https://t.co/8piTCG9mRj

[Josh Sheehan 🇲🇲 🪷🌳 @sheehanj920]

excellent read from @calebquinley.

"When Khu Reedu first joined ... it was like a prophecy had been fulfilled. There is an old belief that one day a young man of Karenni descent would rise to free his people..."

"In March, I found myself riding alongside him on motorcycles."

[Caleb Quinley @calebquinley]

@ericweinstein Zero point energy tech hidden by the private contractors

[Latitude Ten @TenLatitude]

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From our editor:

When we set out to build Latitude 10, we began with a simple conviction: the Global South deserves a platform that speaks in its own voice — not as an appendix to global narratives shaped elsewhere, but as a center of gravity in its own right.

For decades, the world has been explained to us through frames built in Washington, London, Beijing, and Brussels.

Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, Latin America — regions that carry the weight of the century’s biggest challenges and define its most dynamic transformations — have been treated as afterthoughts in the global conversation. Their politics are summarized, their cultures flattened, their complexities simplified. Too often, the region is spoken about, not spoken with.

We hope to change that.

[Caleb Quinley @calebquinley]

@DanCrenshawTX These emails just clearly spell out your refusal to sign Ryan's agreement -- the same agreement he has everyone sign. It's not complicated, you refused to sign the agreement, so you're not going on the show. Period. Not hard to understand you little weasel.

[Jonathan Head @pakhead]

The bridge at Stung Meteuk, bombed by the Thai Air Force last Saturday. It’s interesting to consider why Cambodia’s border disputes with Vietnam can be managed so much better than its disputes with Thailand - though that was not always the case.

[Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @SaksithCNA]

JUST IN: Thailand will hold elections on Sunday, February 8, 2026, says Election Commission.

This comes after PM Anutin dissolved parliament last Friday, triggering even earlier snap elections that must be held no later than 60 days. Candidate sign-ups will be on Dec 27-31.

[Caleb Quinley @calebquinley]

Residents and volunteers describe scenes of chaos and loss after Myanmar military jets bombed a hospital in Rakhine State, killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 70. @Myanmar_Now_Eng

https://t.co/M8HgVYZ0iX

[Caleb Quinley @calebquinley]

@benedictrogers Thanks for sharing, Ben. Hope to connect soon.

[Josh Sheehan 🇲🇲 🪷🌳 @sheehanj920]

"the day before the hospital bombing, activists across the country staged a ‘silent strike’ ... quietly signalling their rejection of the vote."

"the junta’s response came from the sky. It was meant to say: If you refuse us, we will kill you and your children."

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

An important piece by @calebquinley

Myanmar's junta has stooped to a new low

#SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

https://t.co/UJUjDeQD5Y

[Mark Farmaner @MarkFarmaner]

This Burmese military account is admitting the airstrike and admitting their reason, which is a war crime.

[Caleb Quinley @calebquinley]

New column for @TheSpectator: Myanmar’s junta bombed a crowded hospital in Rakhine State in the middle of the night — killing dozens of unarmed patients, large percentage of them children and infants.

My thoughts on how it wasn’t a crossfire. It was a deliberate strike on people who could not defend themselves.

https://t.co/hJiPPgKuwN

[Jonathan Head @pakhead]

Myanmar's army says it wants to eradicate scam compounds. Is it really doing that? https://t.co/i4Q6Vw8T42

[maggi @maggiquadrini]

"These aren’t accidents of war. They are the strategy: the systematic destruction of civilian life to break the will of a nation. This is what terrorism looks like," writes @calebquinley on the junta's most recent airstrike on a hospital in #Rakhine.

https://t.co/dAJn5kiazV

[Nathan Ruser @Nrg8000]

By destabilising and eventually toppling the Shinawatra Government in Thailand, Hun Sen has really just ended up with a far more maximalist and aggressive administration to deal with now.

[Sebastian Strangio @sstrangio]

One of the most bizarre aspects of the #Cambodia-#Thailand conflict is the new crop of Western digital nomad/travel influencers who have pumped up their Facebook follower counts by cooking up clickbait propaganda for their chosen side.

[Jonathan Head @pakhead]

A BBC journalist is being held in Vietnam, with real concern they may be arrested. Party leader To Lam is in the UK for an official visit to elevate relations to a new level. This is the right time to allow this journalist their passport and leave Vietnam. https://t.co/696kdNfeTM

[John Quinley III @john_hq3]

“I have seen with my own eyes at least 7-8 bodies over the two years that I’ve worked in Mae Sot.”

@Myanmar_Now_Eng and @prachatai_en investigation into dead bodies flowing along the Thai-Myanmar border, near some of the world’s most notorious scam centers.

https://t.co/rWiaQ4izcf