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By Agence France-Presse • Jul 22, 2020
The lawyer for 27 Rohingya refugees sentenced to caning for entering Malaysia illegally has said a judge has overturned the decision and slammed it as "inhumane"
By Sam Reeves/Agence France-Presse • Jul 13, 2020
It has been three years since Susanna Liew last saw her husband Raymond Koh, kidnapped near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in 2017. She and their three children have no idea if the Christian pastor is alive or dead, but she won't give up the fight to find him.
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 10, 2020
Four years since the passing of Cambodian political commentator and advocate Dr Kem Ley, his murder remains a highly sensitive political issue in the Kingdom. Why does his legacy continue to hold such significance in Cambodian discourse today?
By Dominique Virgil and Rahma Safira • Jul 09, 2020
With Indonesia's controversial and sweeping pro-investment Omnibus Bill set to be passed this year, researchers at Amnesty International Indonesia explain why workers should be concerned about the legislation's finer details
Two high-ranking Myanmar officers were fired on Monday in a rare sanction of military personnel for having "failed their responsibilities" after 174 jade miners were killed in Kachin State last week
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 06, 2020
The battered bodies of more than 120 jade miners were pulled from a sea of mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on July 2, following one of the worst-ever accidents to hit the treacherous industry
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 03, 2020
Hundreds of LGBTQ performers in Vietnam have found confidence and a way to earn a living through a lotto show dating back to the colonial era, which has transformed into a wildly popular night out in buzzing Ho Chi Minh City
By Tran Thi Minh Ha and Alice Philipson/AFP • Jun 29, 2020
Black Lives Matter has thrust the issue of race into the mainstream narrative across the world, and Southeast Asia is no different. From Myanmar to Papua, groups in the region have expressed solidarity and discussed their own experiences with ethnicity and identity
By Macy-Châu Diễm Trần • Jun 25, 2020
Indonesia's indigenous groups have long fought for the preservation of their communities. Now, in the absence of government support as the Covid-19 pandemic has taken hold, they've had to once again take community safety into their own hands
By Andre Barahamin • Jun 18, 2020
After the criminal conviction of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on charges of cyber libel, the staff and attorneys of the embattled independent Filipino news outlet have no intention of giving up their mission says Managing Editor Glenda Gloria
By Andrew Haffner • Jun 17, 2020
With the whereabouts of missing activist Wanchalearm still unknown, protestors in Thailand are turning to social media to express their grief and start hashtags as platforms like Twitter continue to adopt an increasingly significant role in the kingdom's political discourse
By Wanpen Pajai • Jun 16, 2020
As Black Lives Matter protests gathers momentum globally, Deputy Director of the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association Joan Chun says the Khmer community must examine its own attitude to blackness and throw its support behind the movement
By Joan Chun • Jun 15, 2020