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By Matthew Woolfe • Oct 05, 2020
In April 2019, Brunei introduced the final phases of its regressive Sharia Penal Code, rendering homosexual acts punishable by stoning. While it's yet to be put into practice, the looming threat of the law has transgender Bruneians living in fear both at home and abroad
By Maggi Quadrini • Oct 01, 2020
As fighting rages and the world's longest-running internet blackout continues in Myanmar's Rakhine State, civil society groups have expressed concern as women and vulnerable groups are left unable to report rights abuses being committed against them
By Sarah Kim • Sep 29, 2020
Vietnam has been lauded for its robust response in containing Covid-19, part of which has been the rolling out of contact-tracing app Bluezone. But tech experts are expressing concern over how the masses of data collected will impact the privacy of users
By JN Joniad • Sep 24, 2020
Indonesia is becoming a long-term hub for refugees, living in limbo without access to comprehensive healthcare. With many failing to receive necessary treatment over a period of years, the health implications are apparent, with the pandemic only making matters worse
While youth-led protests grow in neighbouring Thailand, a spate of arrests of Cambodian activists in recent months has been met with a muted response. Researcher Kimkong Heng believes it's high-time that the Kingdom's youth reengaged through social media
By Kimkong Heng • Sep 23, 2020
Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has claimed the lives of thousands in the four years he's been in power in the Philippines. Despite strict stay-at-home measures in place during much of the pandemic, with millions under lockdown, the rate of killing has only increased
By Niko Vorobyov • Sep 16, 2020
Liew Mun Leong, the chairman of Singapore's airport operator, stepped aside late on September 10 after he faced a public backlash when a judge cleared an Indonesian maid accused of stealing from his family. The case has raised questions about the treatment of domestic workers in the city-state
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 11, 2020
In a society that urges every woman to "regard her son as her master and her husband as her god", Buddhist nun Ketumala is an outlier. The 40-year-old walked away from traditional expectations of marriage and children as a teen, and has instead spent more than two decades as an advocate for the importance of women in religion
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 03, 2020
A documentary is in the works about a football team with a difference – the Kampong Chhnang Women’s Under-21s. The difference? The team were the first dedicated to girls of all sexual orientations, to win not just trophies but to change perceptions in the Kingdom
By Alexi Demetriadi • Sep 02, 2020
The former chief interrogator and torturer for Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime Kaing Guek Eav, better known by his alias Duch, died early on September 2 in hospital in Phnom Penh
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 02, 2020
Child marriage has long been common in communities from Indonesia to India and Vietnam, but numbers had been decreasing as charities made inroads in access to education and women's health. Now the practice is once again on the rise as families attempt to alleviate poverty during the pandemic
By Aishwarya Kumar, Haeril Halim and Tran Thi Minh Ha • Sep 01, 2020
In the kingdom's Deep South, the Thai government seeks prosperity and development to reduce unrest. However, for a fishing village in Chana set to be bulldozed by plans for a new industrial park, this vision of prosperity is not how they envision their future
By Wanpen Pajai • Sep 01, 2020