SOUTHEAST ASIA

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

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

Philippines: democracy in mourning

Alliance of two autocratic dynasties takes power after glorifying repressive past

Indonesia: breakthrough on gender-based violence

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

Myanmar: junta’s economic power in the firing line

Businesses that prop up military rule under pressure to withdraw

Myanmar: health workers in the military’s firing line

Military dictatorship turns oxygen supplies into a weapon