Rights

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 04, 2018 • 15 min read

Cambodia's media ‘We’re going to be blind’

By Paul Millar, Tom O'Connell, Janelle Retka • Jun 04, 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

Rights • May 14, 2018 • 4 min read
Opinion

Duterte’s drug war feeds on his country’s worst fears

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

Rights • May 07, 2018 • 9 min read
Ride-hailing services

Bali taxi drivers’ war on ride-sharing apps

With ride-sharing apps such as Grab and Go-Jek making inroads in the tourist hub of Bali, metered taxi drivers are resorting to violence to scare off the competition
By Justin Jacobs • May 07, 2018

Rights • Apr 10, 2018 • 11 min read
Women's rights

Praying for equality

The kingdom's pagodas have long been home to men and women who have left their lives behind and dedicated themselves to following the Buddha's teachings. But unlike monks, the Kingdom's female devotees enjoy little prestige
By Paul Millar • Apr 10, 2018

Rights • Apr 04, 2018 • 11 min read
Social Credit System

Who would want a citizen rating system?

Why would China's Big Brother-style social credit system not appeal to Southeast Asia's autocratic leaders. Can they make it a reality?
By Janelle Retka • Apr 04, 2018

Rights • Mar 09, 2018 • 9 min read
Land rights

Kratie’s ‘insurrection’

A violent clash between security forces and local villagers in Kratie echoes the bloody 2012 intervention that left a teenage girl dead and a village traumatised
By Paul Millar and Leng Len • Mar 09, 2018

Rights • Mar 07, 2018 • 9 min read
Indonesia

The revenge porn phenomenon

Revenge porn is running rampant in Indonesia, with numerous women reporting how the sharing of erotic videos and photos has ruined their lives. A perverse pornography law means that victims have nowhere to turn
By Kate Walton • Mar 07, 2018

Rights • Feb 28, 2018 • 7 min read
Whatever happened to

Same-sex marriage in Cambodia

While LGBTIQ Cambodians have long had powerful proponents calling for their right to marry, legal change still seems a long way off
By Paul Millar and Leng Len • Feb 28, 2018