SOUTHEAST ASIA

Thailand: new prime minister, same old problems

Repressive laws likely to remain despite change at the top

‘Human rights conditions will likely worsen as the country descends into a police state’

‘We face repression because we disrupt projects that benefit powerful people and corporations’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Cambodia’s young environmental activists pay a heavy price

Jailing of Mother Nature members part of broader pattern of repression

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘The more effective your activism, the more likely you are to be targeted by the government’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Proposed changes to the Broadcasting Act are part of a regression driven by religious fundamentalism’

Thailand’s LGBTQI+ rights breakthrough

Marriage equality law repays decades of activism – but the struggle continues

‘Part of our success in claiming LGBTQI+ rights came from intersecting with the democracy movement’

Myanmar: international democratic solidarity urgently needed

Ruling junta doubles down on violence in response to setbacks

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘For the first time, it looks possible the military junta can be defeated by people power’

CONFLICT | CRISIS