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Miriam Deprez is an Australian-born photographer and journalist currently undertaking her PhD at Griffith University in Brisbane. Miriam has reported from Cambodia, Palestine/Israel, Europe and the Pacific region covering issues relating to conflict, human rights and politics.
Ahead of the release of his upcoming book of poetry Moving House, award-winning Singaporean writer Theophilus Kwek sits down with the Globe to discuss the themes of colonialism, politics, racism and migration that all served as inspiration for his latest work
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Miriam Deprez
- May 19, 2020
The Philippines largest TV network ABS-CBN has been ordered off air by the government's telecommunications agency. Critics have labelled it a fresh attack on press freedom under President Rodrigo Duterte, while fellow embattled media outlet Rappler say they stand in solidarity
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Miriam Deprez
- May 06, 2020
As we mark World Press Freedom Day 2020, the world's media outlets are struggling under the pressure of Covid-19 crackdowns. But while the tools available to censors have never been so great, the same is true of the innovative tools available to circumvent them
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Miriam Deprez
- May 04, 2020
As April 25th marks World Malaria Day, the Globe spoke with Dr Arjen Dondorp about the Mekong nations' steady march towards complete elimination by 2030. However, he warns that if complacency takes hold as Covid-19 takes centre stage, it will spell disaster for the region
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Miriam Deprez
- Apr 25, 2020
While undertaking life-saving work for little pay, frontline healthcare workers in the Philippines say they are still suffering from physical attacks, a lack of protective equipment and are stigmatised in their communities due to virus fears
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Miriam Deprez
- Apr 14, 2020
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
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Miriam Deprez
- Apr 10, 2020
April 4 marks the International Day for Mine Awareness. Around the world, there are four-legged bomb detectors who quietly risk their lives each day, gaining little fan fair. But in Cambodia, these unsung canine heroes have been given a home in which to enjoy their well-earned retirement
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Miriam Deprez
- Apr 04, 2020
As large swathes of the Philippines go into complete lockdown due to COVID-19, life-saving healthcare programmes for polio, measles and HIV are suffering
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Miriam Deprez
- Mar 30, 2020
The Cambodian government has undertaken a recent spate of arrests, charging people with spreading "fake news" regarding COVID-19. Rights groups have expressed concern that this is merely a pretext for a clampdown on political dissent
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Miriam Deprez
- Mar 27, 2020
On March 20, 2018 Cambodia lost one of its great musicians when Cambodian Space Project frontwoman Kak Channthy was killed in a traffic accident. Two years on, her friends and family reminisce about the singer's life
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Miriam Deprez
- Mar 20, 2020
Marking the 10th annual World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March 12, press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders listed Vietnam and the Philippines as among the top-four worst countries in the world for spreading state-sponsored disinformation online
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Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner
- Mar 13, 2020
Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
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Miriam Deprez
- Mar 13, 2020
ANZ bank has agreed to pay compensation to a Cambodian community displaced by a sugar company in Kampong Speu province in a landmark agreement for human rights
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Miriam Deprez
- Feb 27, 2020