Archive: Jul 2022



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 13, 2022 • 8 min read

Analysis Weaponising the law against free expression

By Samantha Holmes • Jul 13, 2022
Southeast Asia’s repressive regimes have employed ambiguous ‘lawfare’ tactics to undermine dissent and stifle the voices of protesters and journalists

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 12, 2022 • 7 min read

Infrastructure Cambodia needs safer street designs

By Ses Aronsakda • Jul 12, 2022
Cambodia needs to address traffic accidents and pedestrian dangers through infrastructure improvements forcing drivers to shift their behaviour

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 09, 2022 • 2 min read

editorial Forest peril and gender parity

By Brian P. D. Hannon • Jul 09, 2022
Legal and development risks linger over woodlands in Borneo and Phnom Tamao while a Singapore MP talks gender rights

Jul 08, 2022 • 7 min read
Analysis

Indonesians are drawing a hard line on China

Public pushback against the Asian superpower’s South China Sea aggression, Belt and Road Initiative and Uyghur repression complicate relations
By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat • Jul 08, 2022

Jul 06, 2022 • 1 min read
ការដោះដូរទីតាំងដី

“ទេវតាមានភ្នែក” ៖ ក្តីសង្ឃឹម​របស់​ក្រុមអភិរក្ស​ចំពោះ​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​នៅ​ព្រៃ​ការពារ

ការលើកលែងផ្លូវច្បាប់ និងការការពារមិនច្បាស់លាស់ បានត្រួសត្រាយផ្លូវ សម្រាប់​ការសាងសង់​ និង​រំខាន​ជីវិត​សត្វ​ព្រៃ​ នៅក្នុង​ព្រៃភ្នំតាម៉ៅរបស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។
By Anton L. Delgado • Jul 06, 2022

Jul 04, 2022 • 8 min read
Lawsuits

Company tries to SLAPP away Malaysian forest advocates

A coalition in Sarawak is speaking out against a lawsuit criticised as part of a ‘chilling’ corporate litigation trend designed to stifle investigations and complaints
By Fiona Kelliher • Jul 04, 2022

Jul 02, 2022 • 2 min read
Editorial

Farming fish and tying an elephant knot

Singapore plans to increase local food production through aquaculture while a Cambodian village held an elephant wedding
By Brian P. D. Hannon • Jul 02, 2022

Jul 01, 2022 • 8 min read
Abortion laws

Southeast Asia’s abortion laws reset at the borders

As abortion debate focuses on a U.S. decision overturning the country’s precedent, Southeast Asian laws on terminating pregnancy differ between nations
By Brian P. D. Hannon • Jul 01, 2022