We, the undersigned press freedom, journalists’, human rights, and international organisations, urgently call on the Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China. This appeal follows confirmation from local sources that Bai, who is currently held at the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok, faces an imminent risk of deportation.

With expert tips from Eda Erdem and Marta Vieira da Silva.

At this year’s June Climate Meetings (SB 62) in Bonn, Germany, the Santiago network Secretariat, led by Director Carolina Fuentes Castellanos, demonstrated its commitment to turning global commitments into concrete action.

The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition is the only global moot court competition explicitly dedicated to human rights. It is co-organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, the Academy on Human Rights, Washington College of Law, American University, and the United Nations Human Rights Council Branch (HRCB), at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human