ASIA

‘Civil society made a lot of efforts to stop Japan financing the Matarbari project’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Sri Lanka: change falls short of protest demands

New president extends state of emergency and amps up protest repression

‘International support to civil society must come with understanding of our context’

‘The government makes decisions without proper consultation’

Uzbekistan: protests further show need for democracy

State’s failure to spot the warning signs of anger leads to rare protests and avoidable violence

Rohingya refugees: still far from home

Struggle of the Rohingya people continues six years on from campaign of violence that made them refugees

‘Rohingya refugees want to go back home in peace’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Failure to address torture of political prisoners should trigger a review of trade deals’

‘No free and fair election can take place in the current political environment’

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

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