Fortify Rights is a Southeast Asia based human rights NGO. Here is a selection of content I have produced/directed for the organization, as the Senior Multimedia Specialist.

Exodus follows Omal Khair, Azimul Hasson and Dil Kayas as they learn to see their lives through a new lens — and offers the world a rare glimpse into what life is like for young Rohingya refugees. Director/Producer: Taimoor Sobhan

Youth-led demonstrators in #Thailand🇹🇭 continue to press for democratic reforms and the release of detained protest leaders, in defiance of a government ban on political gatherings. Thailand must uphold the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. #FOA

#Thai pro- #democracy protesters are back on the street calling on the authority to release detained activists. This time, #Myanmar protesters also joined the demonstration demanding the release of those detained in Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInThailand

What's with all the ducks?

From inflatable rubber ducks to duck-branded banknotes, watch how “the duck” has become a hero for pro-democracy protesters in Thailand. #WhatsHappeningInThailand

#Rohingya refugees are currently stranded on boats at sea without adequate food or water. This is a reoccurring crisis. Patrick Brown is a two-time #WorldPressPhoto awardee, whose book “No Place on Earth” covers the #rohingya genocide. In this episode of EVERYDAY RIGHTS, we sit down with the photographer to discuss the Rohingya struggle and the ethical and moral dimensions of his work. Produced/Directed by Taimoor Sobhan

Sakda Kaewbuadee is an award-winning actor from Thailand. Detained refugees and migrants in Thailand as know him as a friend who visits and provides support to them in detention. In this episode, we follow the actor as he buys food for refugees detained at an immigration detention center in central Bangkok. Produced/Directed by Taimoor Sobhan

Jirawut Uaesungkomsate is a #Thai artist raising awareness of #refugees through virtual reality. In this episode, we visit the artist at his latest exhibition, “I Am Not Allowed to Live in Your Reality.” Produced/Directed by Taimoor Sobhan

Omal Khair is a Rohingya photographer living in a refugee camps in Bangladesh. Watch as she reflects on the Myanmar elections of 2020.

“No Man’s Land” is a film about what repatriation means to Rohingya refugees. It is based on interviews with dozens of newly arrived Rohingya refugees and others in Bangladesh, including a Rohingya boat owner who makes a living transporting refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, and an ethnic-Rakhine Buddhist monk in Bangladesh who preaches inter-ethnic peace. Directed, shot and edited by Taimoor Sobhan.

Teaser video for the launch of Fortify Rights report “Tools of Genocide”.

Video summary of Fortify Rights report 'Tools of Genocide', documenting how #NVC is used to erase #Rohingya identity.

We've partnered with @FortifyRights to support three #Rohingya refugees who are documenting their life in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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— Doha Debates (@DohaDebates) September 30, 2019

Malaysia has more refugees than any country in Southeast Asia. We spoke to Kachin, Mon, and Chin refugees from Myanmar, unable to obtain UN documents. Produced/edited by Taimoor Sobhan.

Meet Sujan, a professional bodybuilder in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Directed, shot and edited by Taimoor Sobhan.

Extremist monks expelled a Muslim vendor from a Yangon market. Produced/edited by Taimoor Sobhan.

A controversial mine in Northeast Thailand has been at the center of gravee human rights violations. Edited by Taimoor Sobhan.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Myanmar Army have been at war for decades. Kachin women play a central role in this conflict. Edited by Taimoor Sobhan.