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Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 12, 2016 • 6 min read

Cambodia Memories of a violent past

By Paul Millar • Jul 12, 2016
The murder of respected political analyst Kem Ley marks a return to Cambodia’s dark past of political violence

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 26, 2016 • 4 min read

Minorities Failure to enforce jobs quota law shortchanges Cambodia's disabled

By David Hutt • Apr 26, 2016
“Access to decent and full employment will enable persons with disabilities to remain out of poverty and to become contributing members of the family and in the society,” said Pradeep Bagival, UN joint programme coordinator of the Disability Rights Initiative Cambodia (DRIC). In August 2010, the Cambodian government issued a…

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 24, 2016 • 4 min read

How can Southeast Asia address LGBTI issues?

By Logan Connor • Mar 24, 2016
We talked to Randy Berry, the US State Department’s first special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI persons, who just wrapped up a visit to several countries in Southeast Asia

Rights • Mar 17, 2016 • 9 min read
Khmer Rouge

Revealing Cambodia’s secret Khmer Rouge resistance

The prevailing image of Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge is one of dignified suffering and passivity. But many resisted the regime in ways often overlooked by historians
By David Hutt • Mar 17, 2016

Rights • Mar 11, 2016 • 5 min read
Censorship

The critic who refuses to be silenced

Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun explains how Thailand's junta is using lèse-majesté laws to oppress him and his family
By Pavin Chachavalpongpun • Mar 11, 2016

Rights • Mar 02, 2016 • 9 min read
Myanmar

Caught between two parties

The incoming National League for Democracy says it will release political prisoners but, with the military looming large, the future remains uncertain
By Holly Robertson • Mar 02, 2016

Rights • Jan 22, 2016 • 9 min read
Military bootcamp

Thailand’s humiliating hazing rituals

At universities and colleges across Thailand a dangerous tradition of hazing through initiation rites is leaving students exposed to injuries and damaging democratic values
By David Hutt • Jan 22, 2016

Rights • Dec 30, 2015 • 11 min read
Suharto and Indonesia

A bloody legacy

Fifty years ago, one of the most violent episodes in recent history took place across the Indonesian archipelago. Under General Suharto, an estimated 500,000 people were murdered in just two years, and the effects of the dictator’s rule are still reverberating through society
By Nithin Coca • Dec 30, 2015

Rights • Nov 06, 2015 • 11 min read
Cambodia

The forgotten men

Huge numbers of males are raped in Cambodia. So why do these horrific crimes remain largely ignored by rights organisations and the media?
By David Hutt • Nov 06, 2015

Rights • Aug 09, 2015 • 9 min read
Rappler

In the face of power

Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of the Philippines-based news website Rappler, is changing Southeast Asia’s media industry for a digital age
By Miguel Miranda • Aug 09, 2015

Rights • Apr 20, 2015 • 12 min read
Cambodia's working class

Power to the people?

Much attention has been paid to Cambodia’s burgeoning middle class, but the emergence of a working class to complement it has rarely been discussed. Many experts agree that it is here and it is vitally important to the country’s economic and political prospects
By David Hutt • Apr 20, 2015