
John Quinley III
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Director @FortifyRights. Focus on Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand. Alumni @refugeestudies, @NottsPolitics, @ZoryanInstitute. Advisory @FreedomCollab. He/Him.
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As ASEAN summit convenes today, Malaysia must lead the bloc in holding Myanmar’s junta accountable for its atrocities, writes Seng of Fortify Rights in The Diplomat. “[The people of Myanmar] need a world that sees through the junta’s lies.” thediplomat.com/2025/05/asean-…


India 🇮🇳 “India’s prolonged and arbitrary detention of Mohammad Arfat was both unlawful and unconscionable. He should never have been detained.” Fortify Rights fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025-0…


🧵What an unbelievable delight, joy, and immense privilege to meet my extraordinarily courageous friend Vladimir Kara-Murza once again, for the first time after his release from #VladimirPutin's Siberian gulag We met in Oslo tonight at #OsloFreedomForum Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) /


#Rohingya refugees in India, face arbitrary detention and escalating threat of forced returns to #Myanmar where persecution awaits. “Forcibly returning Rohingya is unlawful and must stop. India should change course and protect refugees,” said John Quinley III, Director at

🇲🇲Myanmar military junta leaders and soldiers should be held accountable for serious crimes. Accountability can be achieved through the international courts but also state level courts set up by the ethnic resistance orgs, John Quinley III of Fortify Rights tells Sarah Newey The Telegraph.



Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to meet with Nahid Islam of the National Citizens Party in Dhaka. He was one of the main student leaders during the monsoon revolution. Fortify Rights


Bangladesh 🇧🇩 “I completely disagreed, but I was forced to receive the implant by the doctor,” a Rohingya woman in the camps told The New Humanitarian. Must read investigation by Jacob Goldberg: thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations…

“The Myanmar regime's war on children” Check out my latest op-ed in Nikkei Asia discussing the junta's ceasefire violations and how the international community's ignorance is impacting lives in #Myanmar, especially children. Fortify Rights asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-My…

#URGENT: Secure email service Proton Mail now appears blocked in #Myanmar, according to user reports. Users, including myself, confirm access is only possible via #VPN, signalling escalating internet censorship by the ruling military junta. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Censorship

Bangladesh 🇧🇩 / Myanmar 🇲🇲 Join Refugees International panel on aid cuts to the Rohingya refugee response. Speakers Lucky Karim, Tun Khin, Daniel P Sullivan, and I. refugeesinternational.org/events-and-tes…
