The Fort Events
Addressing Atrocities in Myanmar: The Tools of a Human Rights Defender
The Fort will host a live Insight Myanmar podcast interview with Patrick Phongsathorn, Senior Advocate at Fortify Rights. The podcast will explore the situation in Myanmar, options for accountability, as well as Patrick’s personal journey into human rights work. Joah McGee, founder and host of Insight Myanmar Podcast, will moderate this interview.
Meet the Changemakers: Tanbirul Miraj Ripon
Tanbirul Miraj Ripon is a Bangladeshi journalist and film producer who covered the 2024 July–August protests that shook Bangladesh. One year on from the “Monsoon Revolution,” The Fort will host a conversation with Tanbirul Miraj Ripon to examine the country’s political and human rights landscape following the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Fort Talks: Investigating Atrocity Crimes in Myanmar and Ukraine
Join us for a conversation with human rights defenders from Truth Hounds (Ukraine), Karenni Human Rights Group (Myanmar), and Fortify Rights.
The Fort Talks: Frontline Poets
The Fort will host Aung Naing Soe and Joe Freeman, authors of Frontline Poets: The Literary Rebels Taking on Myanmar’s Military, to explore poetry and resistance in Myanmar.