Tuenjai Deetes, Asia region finalist for the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award

Credits: Kathryn Porteous, producer / Shi Han Liu, editor / Rachapon Riansiri, videographer | 10 September 2018

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.

See also: Rights campaigner fights for Thailand's stateless peoples

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