Black Lives Matter Downunder
The #BlackLivesMatter movement has swept across the world in a wave that has taken many by surprise. In America, African-Americans are incarcerated at times the rate of white people, are regularly racially profiled a ...
Pro-democracy activists rally in Bangkok as election faces delay
Human rights activists protest possible postponement of Thai election. ...
Thailand faces another coup d’etat if military hates election outcome
Thailand’s Chief of Defence Forces Pornpipat Benyasri has defended the army chief, who said he would not rule out another military coup, saying this would only be proposed as a final option to deal with politic ...
Gold Mine Terror: ‘Men came to our village, held us captive and beat us’
Originally from BenarNews (Pimuk Rakkanam, Nontarat Phaicharoen and Imran Vittachi). Thai authorities and a mining firm have used intimidation and lawsuits to target environmental activists from a northeastern commun ...
Rohingya Genocide: ‘We’re going to crack on them severely and fast’
Video Provides Evidence of Crimes Against Rohingya in Burma In a new short film released today (27 September 2018), Fortify Rights exposed footage of a Myanmar Army soldier explaining to a group of civilians how the ...
I am not a thief
That’s what Malaysia’s former prime minister had to say after facing 25 additional corruption charges in court. Prosecutors accuse Najib Razak of illegally transferring hundreds of millions of dollars fro ...
Lost Decade: Despite Military Persecution, Former Thai PM Thaksin Calls For Unity
12 Years from September 19, 2006 to September 19, 2018 Via “Oak” Panthongtae Shinawatra. Today I wish all of us could for a moment, put ourself in the right frame of mind without any prejudice and serious ...
Media Regulator Intimidates Voice TV, Again
Pressures from Thailand’s media regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has forced Voice TV to suspend two news commentators for alleged partiality and frequently reportin ...
An Election Without Fundamental Rights
It has been four years since the ruling Pheu Thai party was removed from power in Thailand in a military coup. Four years of flip-flops, of abrupt reversals of decisions, and of broken promises. Four years of propaga ...
Stop Destroying Our Forest and Leave Our Land
This company is trying to divide the owners of the land and the villagers to create a conflict. Indonesia’s Palm Oil Curse Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of palm oil. From chocolate and ice cr ...
Thai Ban on Women Police Cadets Increases Vulnerability of Sexual Assault Victims
The Royal Police Cadet Academy announced this week that it will not admit female candidates from the next academic year. It has given no explanation for the decision. “This is a very backward move for womenR ...
Political autonomy is not part of the equation
Thailand’s junta chief General Prayut Chan-o-cha said that political restrictions would be eased to allow political parties to conduct political activities – limited and obviously closely-monitored activi ...
Federal, State Govt Fails to Protect Indigenous Land Rights of Temiar Community
In early August 2018, a plantation company destroyed a six-month-old blockade set up by an indigenous Orang Asli community in the Malaysian state of Kelantan. According to a news report, Jaringan Kampung Orang Asl ...
Thailand’s 2014 Coup and Call for Democracy
Rome Ramsignam from Thailand’s Democracy Restoration Group (DRG) talks to Peoples Dispatch about the current political scenario in the country and the people’s movement for elections and democracy. ...
The Asmat: Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition
The village of Tomor, where rivers weave like snakes through thick forest, is so remote that its 500 residents have no regular access to education and health services supplied by the government. Health officials said ...
Housing Beyond Reach
Economic prosperity is an oddity of some sort, an irony at best, especially for marginalised communities in Thailand and Malaysia. According to experts, the economy is expanding, but based on what I have observed dur ...
The Unwanted Rohingya
Source:Â Al Jazeera Ambia Khatun grabbed her two children and dashed out of her burning house on the early morning of November 23 last year. A teary-eyed Khatun said her husband could not make out of the house as t ...
Indonesia: Hundreds Arrested in West Papua Demonstrations
Source: abc NEWS Indonesian police detained several hundred people Monday at protests around the country demanding independence for remote West Papua. Arrests were made in cities in Sulawesi, Java and Papua but demon ...
Big Brother is Watching You
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists “Thailand’s cybercrime law was already a grave threat to journalists who work online. These vague and overbroad amendments will only accentuate the danger,” ...
The Right to Participate
Source: Khaosod English One hundred and nine groups consisting of NGOs, civic groups, grassroots organizations, labor groups, students and anti-junta organizations met for two days over the weekend and came out with ...
