Thailand Watch<p>Vulnerable groups in SEAsia at mercy of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> freeze. “Weeks after…funding…was turned off, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManushyaFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManushyaFoundation</span></a> has seen…critical functions halted or scaled back. Most at risk are…activists across <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> that the organisation helps keep safe, a function…mostly hidden from public view... The foundation supports <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentaldefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldefenders</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatejustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatejustice</span></a> groups, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenouspeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigenouspeoples</span></a> groups &amp; political activists being targeted…across…<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SEAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEAsia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mongolia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mongolia</span></a>.” | CNA <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/usaid-cuts-thailand-malaysia-southeast-asia-impact-foreign-aid-5020421" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/asia/usaid</span><span class="invisible">-cuts-thailand-malaysia-southeast-asia-impact-foreign-aid-5020421</span></a></p>