ASIA

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

Thailand’s democracy activists are being criminalised for questioning royal power

FREEDOMS

SOUTHEAST ASIA

10.Jun.2022

Philippines: democracy in mourning

Alliance of two autocratic dynasties takes power after glorifying repressive past

DEMOCRACY

SOUTHEAST ASIA

06.Jun.2022

Indonesia: breakthrough on gender-based violence

Long-term civil society advocacy pays off with passing of law against forced marriage and sexual abuse

INCLUSION

SOUTHEAST ASIA

19.May.2022

India: horror heatwaves bring civil society response

Civil society is helping people cope – but also calling for climate action

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

SOUTH ASIA

12.May.2022

Hong Kong: another step closer to China

Hard-line pro-Beijing security chief takes power in a walkover election

FREEDOMS

EAST ASIA

11.May.2022

India: hijab row the latest show of Hindu nationalism

Right-wing populist politicians target Muslim women to inflame divisions and win elections

INCLUSION

SOUTH ASIA

09.May.2022

Civil society campaigning achieves forced labour victory in Uzbekistan

Seventeen years of advocacy and activism leads to the end of state-imposed forced and child labour in country’s cotton industry

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

CENTRAL ASIA

06.May.2022

Sri Lanka: economic meltdown sparks mass protests

Protest movement demands an end to unaccountable presidential power

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

SOUTH ASIA

27.Apr.2022

Afghanistan: back to school?

Against all odds, Afghan women and girls mobilise for their right to education

INCLUSION

ASIA

05.Apr.2022

Turkmenistan: tyranny mutates into dynasty

Ritualistic election enthrones president’s son – but his father retains power behind the throne

FREEDOMS

ASIA

18.Mar.2022