UN expert blasts impact of US aid cuts on Myanmar
An independent human rights expert says Myanmar’s people are already feeling the “crushing impact” from the “sudden, chaotic withdrawal”...
The Washington Post
Mar 16
Country Report: Laos March 2025
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), a communist state in Southeast Asia, has been under one-party rule since 1975, following a...
Myanmar Junta Releases 936 Rohingya prisoners
There are fears those being released could be pressed into joining junta forces in Rakhine state. RFA Burmese 2025.02.17 A guard stands...
RFA Burmese I BenarNews
Feb 16
Indonesia’s Occupation of West Papua
By Paul Gregoire 14 February 2025 The Indonesian government has been illegitimately occupying the land of the West Papuan people since a...
Paul Gregoire
Feb 13
Renewed Conflict Threatens Rohingya Repatriation Hopes
As violence and forced conscription of Rohingya youths continue in Myanmar, hopes for the safe return of refugees to their homeland are...
In Cambodian mine clearance, China replaces USAID
In Cambodian mine clearance, China Replaces USAID Newsweek February 8, 2025 A warning sign during a training session on demining in...
Newsweek
Feb 8
Myanmar’s Civil War: A Nation in Crisis
Crimes against humanity, a deepening hunger crisis and more than 2,600 rebel groups: Myanmar’s civil war is both brutal and bewildering....
Atheists say Indonesia denies right to live religion-free
In Indonesia, it is legally required to specify a religion on official documents. Nonbelievers say they are being discriminated against....
David Hutt
Feb 6
HRW to Indonesia's President: End abuses in West Papua
By Caleb Fotheringham 4 February 2025 President Prabowo Subianto greets people as he rides in a car after his inauguration in Jakarta,...
Caleb Fotheringham
Feb 4
Vietnam attacks on human rights break trade pact with EU
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its member organisation Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Christian...
Sri Lanka journalist murder investigation blocked
The delays, denials and obfuscations in the investigation into the Sri Lankan editor’s murder reveals continued impunity around the...
Raisa Wickrematunge
Feb 3
Myanmar Junta extends "Emergency" to rig fake election
The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are not...
