Justice

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 01, 2019 • 15 min read

War on drugs Duterte’s inquisition

By Purple S. Romero • Nov 01, 2019
Priests pushing back against the Philippine government’s popular crackdown are facing lawsuits, threats and assassination

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 19, 2019 • 5 min read

Climate strikes Striking out

By Andrew Haffner • Sep 19, 2019
Across the world, teenagers are striking to protest the climate crisis. We look at why the region's own stand against the fossil fuel industry is so important

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 16, 2019 • 15 min read

West Papua Choosing to act

By Thomas Brent • Aug 16, 2019
In 1969, Indonesia took control of resource-rich West Papua through a referendum many Papuans call the ‘Act of No Choice’. A half century on, activists are opening a new front in their struggle for self-determination

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 17, 2019 • 16 min read

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Crime and punishment

By Craig Guthrie • Jul 17, 2019
From our print archive: Establishing the incredible against those who wish to defend the indefensible will be the grim task of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Justice • Jul 07, 2019 • 12 min read
Thailand

Nowhere to hide

Across Southeast Asia, Thai dissidents are under siege. At home, they are attacked by masked thugs. Abroad, they live in fear as their comrades are hunted down, killed or disappeared
By Caleb Quinley • Jul 07, 2019

Justice • Jul 01, 2019 • 13 min read
Acid attacks

Scarred for life

From our print archive: The corrosive effects of an all-too-familiar crime need immediate attention and then a lifetime of recuperation
By Stefan V. Jensen • Jul 01, 2019

Justice • Jun 07, 2019 • 8 min read
Thailand drug war

Justice denied

From our print archive: the human cost of Thaksin Shinawatra's brutal war on drugs
By Torgeir Norling • Jun 07, 2019

Justice • Apr 04, 2019 • 7 min read
Religion

How sharia came to Brunei

Brunei has become the first country in Southeast Asia to fully implement sharia criminal law on a national level, imposing brutal punishments for adultery and same-sex relations
By Thomas Brent • Apr 04, 2019

Justice • Mar 16, 2019 • 7 min read
Politics

Why the Philippines’ ICC exit could ‘undermine years of quiet diplomacy’

Duterte’s decision to withdraw the Philippines from the International Criminal Court has prompted outcry from certain members of the opposition and human rights groups. But what exactly is he walking away from? Southeast Asia Globe breaks down the purpose of the ICC, and what a withdrawal really means for the Philippines
By Thomas Brent • Mar 16, 2019

Justice • Jan 25, 2019 • 10 min read
Singapore

The desperation of migrant workers

Southeast Asia Globe speaks with foreign workers and the aid organisations that help them get back on their feet after on-the-job injuries force them to battle with employers. A new law that takes effect in April could change the game
By Silvia Boccardi • Jan 25, 2019

Justice • Dec 15, 2018 • 6 min read
Press Freedom

He wanted to expose Cambodia’s virginity trade. Now, he’s in prison

A Cambodian translator helped foreign journalists film a documentary about alleged sex trafficking in the Kingdom. Authorities now claim the film’s subjects said they were paid to be in the film. The translator’s wife, who visited him in prison, tells Southeast Asia Globe that her husband is afraid, sick and innocent
By Matt Surrusco • Dec 15, 2018

Justice • Dec 14, 2018 • 10 min read
Khmer Rouge tribunal

‘Astonishing failure’ or ‘justice for millions’?

After nearly 20 years and $320m in cost, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) landed its first genocide conviction of high-level officers in the Pol Pot regime. A looming judicial stalemate on the fate of two more cases could lead to the ECCC’s termination
By Charles Dunst • Dec 14, 2018