Past Events

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The Fort Films: “Lost Land”

On September 29, 2025, The Fort hosted The Fort Films: “Lost Land” Film-Screening Followed by Group Discussion on Protection Pathway for Rohingya in Thailand.

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Addressing Atrocities in Myanmar: The Tools of a Human Rights Defender

On September 3, 2025, The Fort hosted a live Insight Myanmar podcast interview with Patrick Phongsathorn, Senior Advocate at Fortify Rights. The podcast will explored 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, moderated this interview.

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Meeting to Promote Upcoming Queer Performance Arts Festival in Thailand

On March 29, 2025, The Fort hosted a private meeting between H0m0Haus, a Thai queer performing art festival, and media outlets. During the meeting, H0m0Haus shared information about their upcoming festival in June 2025 with the hope that members of the media will promote the event. More than 30 people joined the meeting.

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Meet the Changemakers: Tun Khin

On December 11, 2024, The Fort hosted the Meet the Changemakers event, featuring Tun Khin. This event was moderated by The Fort Director Puttanee Kangkun.

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Unseen Wounds: Photographs of the Continuing Mental Toll of Genocide

On November 7, 2024, The Fort hosted a panel discussion entitled, “The Infliction of Mental Harm as an Act of Genocide Against Rohingya” to launch the four-day photography exhibition “Unseen Wounds: Photographs of the Continuing Mental Toll of Genocide." The exhibition featured photographs by award-winning Bangladeshi photographer Saiful Huq Omi and portrayed the mental harm inflicted by the Myanmar military on Rohingya genocide survivors.

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Resistance with Style: How to Design Effective Political Campaigns

On October 19, 2024, The Fort hosted the opening of a week-long exhibition entitled “Resistance with Style.” Organized by the Museum of Popular History, the exhibition will showcase the museum’s collection of t-shirts designed for mass protest movements and political campaigns in Thailand over the past few decades. It will also explore the often-overlooked role of fashion and designs as tools of resistance.  

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“Echoes of Resilience”: The Second Film in the Series on Rohingya Sisterhood and Community Care

On August 31, 2024, The Fort hosted a film screening and panel discussion organized by the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network (RMCN), a Rohingya-led, women-led, and refugee-led organization. Echoes of Resilience is part of a film series produced by the Alternative ASEAN Network for Burma in collaboration with the RMCN. The event also included a panel discussion with one of the film’s producers and two Rohingya women human rights defenders from RMCN. 

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“Lose and Hope:” A Film on the Karenni Revolution in Myanmar

On August 17 and 18, 2024, The Fort hosted a film-screening organized by Karenni's Arts Creation (KAC)—a Karenni-led organization promoting Karenni culture and arts through film. Each screening was followed by a Q&A session with members of the film’s production team.

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Meet the Changemakers: Dr.Sann Aung

On August 8, 2024,—the anniversary of Myanmar’s “8888” uprising—The Fort hosted the Meet the Changemakers event, featuring Dr. Sann Aung, a pro-democracy activist from Myanmar and Executive Director of the New Myanmar Foundation, which supports refugees in Mae Sot, Thailand.

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Press Conference on the Case of Mr. Y Quynh Bdap

On July 25, 2024, The Fort hosted an in-person press conference organized by the Peace Rights Foundation, the Cross-Cultural Foundation and People Serving People Foundation to discuss the case of Y Quynh Bdap.

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