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A s the circumstances deteriorate in Afghanistan, hundreds of Afghans – from government officials to activists and journalists, to members of minorities – each month continue to attempt to make...
Read moreA s the circumstances deteriorate in Afghanistan, hundreds of Afghans – from government officials to activists and journalists, to members of minorities – each month continue to attempt to make...
Read morePakistan’s devastating floods last year have worsened the water and sanitation problems particularly in the country’s rural areas.
Read moreThe illegal status of the sex industry in Thailand leaves loopholes for corruption, human rights abuse, and inequality, prompting calls for its legalization.
Read moreMyanmar’s battered economy flounders some more as power outages that began last year worsen.
Read moreA proposed crowdfunding law is bound to rain heavy blows on Hong Kong's already cornered civil society.
Read moreMarawi homes remain in disrepair as P10-B is poured into the construction of government buildings. Displaced residents are now pinning their hopes on the newly constituted Marawi Compensation Board. But...
Read moreActivists push back against a plan to construct a new court complex in Raika forest, on the outskirts of India’s northern city of Jammu.
Read moreMyanmar’s junta wants to hold elections to legitimize its rule, but analysts warn it may be opening yet another violent chapter in the country’s already blood-soaked story.
Read moreAfghan women are being stripped of their rights under the Taliban – to the detriment of the rest of the country.
Read moreIn this era of polarization, robust democratic movements are able to cut across political divides. But how do we turn our heterogeneous nature into a source of power?
Read moreAfter being overshadowed for years by nongovernment organizations doing “good deeds,” the Vietnamese Communist Party now has a boot on the neck of the country’s civil-society community.
Read moreA decades-old murder case is putting the spotlight once more on the death penalty in Japan.
Read moreDespite the Myanmar junta's two-year scorched-earth campaigns, the armed resistance and ethnic groups are increasingly converging and turning the tides of war.
Read moreMany are hoping that the main message of the main opposition party’s just concluded march of unity will prosper and spread throughout the increasingly divided country.
Read moreLegal scholars and rights advocates say fresh moves to amend Mongolia’s constitution may put its democracy in danger.
Read moreLawyer and rights activist Chow Hang Tung is demonstrating how human-rights advocacy is done in this new era in Hong Kong.
Read moreIn spite of global and regional trends of countries skewing toward autocracy, democratic movements across Asia continue to demonstrate their grit and vision.
Read moreEverything is under control, says the military junta in Myanmar, but the situation on the ground is showing the opposite.
Read moreIndia’s worsening air pollution has made even breathing hazardous to its people’s health.
Read moreAnalysts and civilians alike are urging the Pakistani government to act fast to counter the resurgence of a ruthless militant group.
Read moreReality hits hard for many Asians looking for work, and perhaps a new country to settle in, via Canada’s migrant workers program.
Read moreVietnam’s informal waste collectors often get little respect from many people, but they play a crucial role in helping keep the country clean and green.
Read moreResidents of Japan’s Amami Oshima island are fighting to keep a beach free of a gigantic seawall.
Read moreEven as several of their colleagues are meted punishment by the government for exposing corrupt practices, some Vietnamese media insiders admit that they themselves have become agents of corruption.
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