Taboos That Kill: Stigma and Abortion in Thailand
Conservative anti-abortion beliefs are commonplace in Thailand and planted into the minds of Thai women from a young age. The stigma around abortion t…
Tag: Rule of Law
Seeking Refuge in Malaysia
Rohingya Muslims make up the biggest proportion of refugees in Malaysia, fleeing from decades of persecution in Myanmar. But Malaysia still considers …
My Name Is…
What's in a name? A Chinese-Indonesian reflects on names, politics, culture and identity in Indonesia.
Political Agenda — Protest, Activism, and Social Change
Protests are often seen as disruptive and destructive, and are generally frowned upon in Singapore. Activists and performance artists have been arrest…
What If The New Order “Curse” Still Applied?
In 1965 Indonesia experienced anti-communist purges which left thousands, or perhaps millions, of people dead. In North Sumatra, a former political pr…
Sundays At Taipei Main Station
Every Sunday, Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan gather at Taipei’s central train station to meet with their peers. In addition to providing a pla…
“The Land is Life”
The Lumad community in the Philippines is speaking out against ‘Cha-Cha’—Duterte’s proposed constitutional changes that would transfer power t…
Silenced by an Elastic Law
Critics have long considered Indonesia’s UU ITE law to be elastic and easily abused. But there are now fears that the cyber law is increasingly bein…
The Elephant in the Newsroom
Human rights groups and foreign journalists are often barred from entering West Papua, allowing the Indonesian authorities to control the narrative. L…
Weaponising the Internet in Thailand
With Thais expected to go to the polls in 2019, the ruling National Council for Peace and Order seems to want to transition from military officers to …
