Tuenjai Deetes, Asia region finalist for the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award
Tuenjai Deetes has spent four decades advocating for stateless people's rights in Thailand. Initially living with the Hill Tribe communities as a volunteer, Tuenjai later became a Senator and is currently the National Human Rights Commissioner for Thailand.
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