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STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 06, 2020 • 2 min read

Censorship Singapore PM’s defamation suit against blogger begins

By Agence France-Presse • Oct 06, 2020
Singapore leader Lee Hsien Loong criticised "malicious and baseless" claims linking him to a corruption scandal, as he testified on at the start of his defamation suit against a blogger

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 06, 2020 • 6 min read

Analysis Remember the Thammasat Massacre as an act of organised hate

By Mark S. Cogan • Oct 06, 2020
With October 6 marking the 44th anniversary of the Thammasat University Massacre, in which scores of students were killed in cold blood, Professor Mark S. Cogan reflects on how Thailand arrived at one of its darkest ever moments

STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 06, 2020 • 4 min read

Photography Irving Penh: Portraits of Phnom Penh’s riverside sellers

By Alastair McCready • Oct 06, 2020
The vendors plying their trade on Phnom Penh's streets play an invaluable but under-appreciated role supporting life in the capital. But using their makeshift riverside studio, two photographers set out to place these overlooked workers in the spotlight

Oct 05, 2020 • 9 min read
LGBTQ+ rights

‘Going to a border checkpoint is a nightmare’: Being transgender in Brunei

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 Matthew Woolfe • Oct 05, 2020

Oct 02, 2020 • 6 min read
Analysis

The art of political jiu-jitsu and Thailand’s student revolution

As the youth-led social movement gathers speed in Thailand, professor Mark S. Cogan reflects on the successes and failures of other protests to outline what essential tools of non-violent political action demonstrators have at their disposal
By Mark S. Cogan • Oct 02, 2020

Oct 02, 2020 • 5 min read
Thai democracy

A Good True Thai: Thai-American author talks revolution and radicalisation

With the release of her book, A Good True Thai, Thai-American author Sunisa Manning talks about how the Thammasat Massacre inspired her novel, and what lessons current protestors can draw from those events four decades ago
By Tara Abhasakun • Oct 02, 2020

Oct 02, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

Contact tracing and internet blackouts

Vietnam has been lauded for its robust Covid response, part of which has been the rolling out of contact-tracing app Bluezone. But with few inside the tightly controlled communist state able to scrutinise the methods of those in power, it's been left to the Globe's fearless Sarah Kim to unravel concerns about the app and its potential implications for user privacy. We also turn to Rakhine State in Myanmar, where an internet blackout is leaving women even more vulnerable to sexual violence, and with limited means to report it when it does occur
By Andrew Haffner • Oct 02, 2020

Oct 01, 2020 • 5 min read
Myanmar conflict

Left in the dark: Rakhine state’s internet blackout leaves women at risk

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 Maggi Quadrini • Oct 01, 2020

Sep 30, 2020 • 4 min read
Covid-19

Green shoots: Rooftop farming takes off in Singapore

On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colourful contrast to the grey skyscrapers of the city-state's business district
By Martin Abbugao/AFP • Sep 30, 2020

Sep 29, 2020 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Singapore Airlines drops ‘flights to nowhere’ after outcry

Singapore Airlines has dropped its proposed 'flights to nowhere' after outrage from environmentalists, pushing back against the trend offering travel-starved passengers flights that leave and arrive in the same location
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 29, 2020