投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
Exclusive: Junta detained at least 26 intellectuals last year as it sought to suppress opposition Myanmar jailed more writers and public intellectuals in crackdowns last year than any other country, according to a freedom of expression advocacy group….
High-profile death row case prompts some Singaporeans to call for executions to be halted though overall support for capital punishment remains high The news was delivered in just a few cold sentences. An appeal for clemency for Nagaenthran Dharmalinga…
Economist calls for compressed working hours with 10-hour days in response to higher fuel pricesUkraine-Russia war – latest updatesThe Philippines is considering a four-day working week to conserve energy, as the cost of fuel continues to rise globally…
App claimed that it could help LGBT+ people ‘return to nature’ but the tech company has now made it unavailable for downloadsAn app produced by the Malaysian government that promised to help the LGBTI community “return to nature” has been removed from…
UN rights office warns military has shown ‘flagrant disregard for human life’ and has deliberately targeted civilians since it seized power on 1 February 2021Myanmar’s military junta has committed widespread and systematic abuses against civilians that…
Case of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who has learning difficulties, among four to be heard next weekCourts in Singapore will next week consider arguments by four men who have spent more than a decade on death row, amid fears the city state may push ahea…
Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocideMyanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court, where it sought to throw out a case alleging …
Royalist groups have organised petitions calling for Amnesty to be expelled from the country, accusing it of threatening national security Amnesty International has said attacks against its operations in Thailand were taking place against a backdrop of…
The men convicted for drug offences could be executed on Wednesday as Singapore draws increasing scrutiny over its use of the death penaltySingapore has been urged to halt the scheduled execution of two men convicted of a drug trafficking offence, with…
A report by Fortify Rights claims soldiers have carried out massacres and used civilians as human shieldsThe Myanmar military kidnapped civilians and forced them to work as human shields, attacked homes, churches and carried out massacres, according to…
Government offices will relocate to province of East Kalimantan, easing burden on Java metropolis as it battles environmental problemsIndonesia plans to name its new capital Nusantara, which translates as “archipelago”, when government offices are relo…
Filipina and Russian attend Oslo ceremony despite legal cases filed against Ressa and are first journalists to win since 1935The journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel peace prize on Friday at a ceremony that Ressa was almost blo…
Almost a year on from the coup, resistance to the military is growing stronger and more organisedOn Sunday morning, a small group of protesters walked together in Kyimyindaing township, Yangon, waving bunches of eugenia and roses. They carried a banner…
First verdict against Nobel Peace Prize winner and Myanmar’s former leader, who was deposed in a coup in February Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and breaking Covid restrictions – the first verdict to be hande…