Justice

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 28, 2020 • 3 min read

Corruption Malaysian ex-PM Najib found guilty of all charges in first 1MDB trial

By M. Jegathesan and Patrick Lee/Agence France-Presse • Jul 28, 2020
A Malaysian court found Najib Razak guilty of all charges in his first corruption trial on July 28, following a long-running case probing the former prime minister's role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 27, 2020 • 3 min read

Thai democracy Thai police probe after Red Bull heir hit-and-run case dropped

By Agence France-Presse • Jul 27, 2020
Against the backdrop of growing frustrations in Thailand about a culture of impunity for the rich, police have opened an internal investigation after all charges were controversially dropped against Red Bull heir Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya last week

Justice • Jun 19, 2020 • 3 min read
Press freedom

HRW: Duterte attempting to silence reporting on deadly drug war

Following the conviction of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa this week on cyber libel charges, Human Rights Watch has claimed the case is part of a growing trend of Rodrigo Duterte attempting to silence those reporting on his infamous drug war
By Alex Cooper • Jun 19, 2020

Justice • Jun 17, 2020 • 6 min read
Opinion

Ressa’s conviction by the Duterte regime isn’t the story we should focus on

This week Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was convicted in the latest attack on press freedom under President Rodrigo Duterte. But academic Tom Smith says by shining all the spotlight on this high-profile case, we're forgetting the Filipino journalists under fire at the grassroots
By Tom Smith • Jun 17, 2020

Justice • Jun 15, 2020 • 3 min read
Press freedom

Duterte-critic journalist Ressa convicted in Philippine libel case

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was convicted on June 15 of cyber libel and sentenced to prison in a case that watchdogs say marks a dangerous erosion of press freedom under Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte
By Joshua Melvin and Ron Lopez/AFP • Jun 15, 2020

Justice • Jun 09, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai dissidents

Cambodia to probe Thai democracy activist’s alleged disappearance

Cambodian police have said they will investigate the alleged abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a critic of the ex-general Prayut Chan-O-Cha's Thai government, who witnesses say was dragged into a black car in Phnom Penh on June 4
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 09, 2020

Justice • Jun 05, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai dissidents

Cambodian police refuse probe into Thai activist ‘disappearance’

Human Rights Watch reported on June 5 that self-exiled Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit was snatched off the street in Phnom Penh the day before. Cambodian police have ruled out a probe into his alleged disappearance
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 05, 2020

Justice • May 14, 2020 • 6 min read
Human rights

Amnesty International: Cambodia’s war on drugs an ‘unmitigated disaster’

In 2017 Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a crackdown on narcotics in the Kingdom. Three years on, rights group Amnesty International says the campaign has been a failure, resulting in rampant rights abuses and overcrowded prisons
By Andrew Haffner • May 14, 2020

Justice • Apr 10, 2020 • 6 min read
Freedom of the press

Cambodian journalist’s arrest part of regional crackdown on virus coverage

This week Cambodian journalist Sovann Rithy was arrested after he posted a quote taken directly from a Prime Minister Hun Sen speech. Rights groups have warned it's part of a worrying trend across Southeast Asia, as governments tighten their grip on the press in the wake of reporting on the virus
By Miriam Deprez • Apr 10, 2020