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THAILAND: ‘Electoral periods are particularly sensitive moments for civic space’

DEMOCRACY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
23.Feb.2026
EN

PHILIPPINES: ‘Preventing similar cases requires dismantling the mechanisms that treat dissent as crime’

FREEDOMS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
18.Feb.2026
EN

PHILIPPINES: ‘The government treats journalists as security threats rather than contributors to public debate’

FREEDOMS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
15.Feb.2026
EN

‘After decades of denial and silence, the suffering of Rohingya people is being heard at the world’s highest court’

CONFLICT | CRISIS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
03.Feb.2026
EN

‘Since the coup, factory employers have increasingly worked with the military to restrict organising and silence workers’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT
SOUTHEAST ASIA
22.Jan.2026
EN

‘The ceasefire remains a temporary de-escalation, not stable peace’

CONFLICT | CRISIS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
21.Jan.2026
EN

‘When critical thinking isn’t welcomed, art offers alternative ways of speaking’

FREEDOMS
CENTRAL ASIA
31.Dec.2025
EN

‘This anti-LGBTQI+ bill can still be blocked – but only with sustained international pressure’

INCLUSION
CENTRAL ASIA
26.Dec.2025
EN

Myanmar’s junta tightens its grip

Sham election looms as Trump shifts US policy, joining authoritarian backers of military rule
CONFLICT | CRISIS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
12.Dec.2025
EN

‘When civil society is constrained, it cannot challenge power or amplify excluded voices’

FREEDOMS
SOUTH ASIA
11.Dec.2025
EN
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