Rights

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 05, 2017 • 14 min read

Media Freedom Philippines the one and only

According to the annual Freedom on the Net report, more counties are seen to be using fake news and online manipulation than ever before
By Johanna Chisholm

Dec 05, 2017

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 24, 2017 • 8 min read

Malaysia Is the safety net really safe?

A new unemployment insurance scheme is expected to begin early 2019, but there are disagreements over who will bear the burden and whether the plan will really benefit those who need it most
By Foong Li Mei

Nov 24, 2017

Rights • Nov 01, 2017 • 7 min read
Cambodia

Shaking up the patriarchy

From the environment and LGBT rights to reproductive health and women’s empowerment, Cambodia’s female-forward young activists are blazing a new path By Holly Robertson and Len Leng

Rights • Aug 08, 2017 • 8 min read
Whatever happened to

Thailand’s Redshirts?

With much of its leadership scattered or forced into hiding, the pro-democracy movement is in danger of losing the mass support that once propelled it to power By Paul Millar

Rights • Aug 04, 2017 • 10 min read
Vietnam

The fearless musicians fighting back

With Vietnam's only independent recording studio as their home base, artists Ngoc Dai and Mai Khoi are starting a musical rebellion against the Communist party By Bennett Murray

Rights • Jul 10, 2017 • 6 min read
Kem Ley

Murder, mourning and martyrdom

A year after the assassination of popular political analyst Kem Ley, Southeast Asia Globe reviews the key events in one of Cambodia's great modern tragedies By Colin Meyn

Rights • May 24, 2017 • 9 min read
Singapore

The politics of hate

By criminalising insult, Singapore’s government says it is avoiding religious discord and hurt feelings. But the protection is selective and, some say, dangerous By Kirsten Han

Rights • May 17, 2017 • 5 min read
Thailand

Selling ‘dictatorship as democracy’

Thailand’s rulers are doing everything in their power to stop the people from choosing who controls their country, writes exiled journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall By Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Rights • Jan 10, 2017 • 7 min read
Crime and punishment

The prison without walls

At the Philippines’ largest penal farm, convicted criminals are given a second shot at life in a prison that allows them a surprising amount of freedom By Ángel L. Martínez Cantera

Rights • Dec 29, 2016 • 7 min read
Mogok

Myanmar’s mysterious mining mecca

Myanmar’s miners have been left with little more than scraps following years of military plunder By Feliz Solomon