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By Josef Benedict • Aug 22, 2018
There is optimism following the 100 days of Malaysia’s new government – but the country’s marginalised groups wonder if it will go far enough to fight for equal rights
By Lesly Lotha • Aug 15, 2018
It is exactly two years since Cambodia’s prominent human rights defender Tep Vanny was jailed after protesting against the imprisonment of a group of rights workers known as the Adhoc 5. Southeast Asia Globe looks at her story so far
By Micaela Marini Higgs • Aug 07, 2018
When Thai authorities poisoned dogs at a temple while battling a rabies outbreak, it raised the ire of animal welfare groups – which are leading efforts to find "humane" solutions
By Cristyn Lloyd • Jul 24, 2018
Despite President Duterte’s signing of an executive order on reproductive health law in 2017, a new wealth of challenges has presented itself to officials and the six million Filipina women whose reproductive needs are still unmet
Despite the hopelessness of their situation, Rohingya refugee volunteers are pushing back against their plight to provide crucial support to their community
By Johan Smits • Jul 16, 2018
Although women own 65% of Cambodia’s businesses, fewer than half of them employ more than one person. Women-focused social impact fund She Investment co-founder Loem Lida explains how her organisation is helping the Kingdom’s women grow as entrepreneurs
By Paul Millar • Jun 13, 2018
Despite documented cases of torture and abuse, immigration court files reveal that the US is sending Cambodian asylum seekers back to face political persecution
By Jack Davies • Jun 11, 2018
Critics decry the end of an era of press freedom in Cambodia as the nation's last independent newspaper is sold to the owner of a Malaysian "covert PR" firm
By Paul Millar, Tom O'Connell, Janelle Retka • Jun 04, 2018
More than ten years after his arrest, the editor of the "indecent" Playboy Indonesia opens up
By Paul Millar • Jun 01, 2018
A passionate pro-democracy protest in Bangkok ended with the arrest of 14 activists railing against four years of military dictatorship
By George Styllis • May 22, 2018
A recently published report that aims to highlight the human rights situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ communities and the people working to defend them has revealed both the challenges that the region faces and its progress
By Thomas Brent • May 18, 2018
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs is pushing the country's most vulnerable people even further towards the margins, says Global Commission on Drugs executive secretary Khalid Tinasti
By Khalid Tinasti • May 14, 2018