Rights

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 22, 2018 • 7 min read

Child sex abuse revisited

By Paul Millar • Jan 22, 2018
Convicted of child sex abuse, seven school employees continue to languish in an Indonesian prison for a crime that many believe they did not commit. A group of online activists are now trying to clear the men's names

Rights • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 15, 2018 • 8 min read

Falun Gong Labelled a cult, some still practice Falun Gong

By Bennett Murray • Jan 15, 2018
Despite Hanoi banning the Chinese spiritual practice of Falun Gong and labelling it a “counter-revolutionary” cult, hundreds of members still meet in Vietnam’s capital

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

Media Freedom Freedom on the line

By Johanna Chisholm • Dec 05, 2017
According to the annual Freedom on the Net report, more counties are seen to be using fake news and online manipulation than ever before

Rights • 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

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 • 7 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