Wanted: More women voters
Pakistan has been successfully registering more women voters in recent years, but millions of these women are still not casting their ballots
Read morePakistan has been successfully registering more women voters in recent years, but millions of these women are still not casting their ballots
Read moreA controversial piece of legislation is putting a strain on Thailand’s civil society organizations as it threatens to weaken their existence.
Read moreInstead of breaking the spirit of those against Myanmar’s junta, the sudden execution of four political prisoners seems to have strengthened the resolve of members of the country’s resistance movement...
Read moreTightening state controls and the pandemic are emptying the coffers of rights groups across Asia.
Read moreThe violent death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has put the spotlight once more on the government’s seeming inability to address the growing feeling of hopelessness among many...
Read moreIn India-administered Kashmir in the country’s north, suspected militants are now targeting civilians for assassination.
Read moreSri Lankans may have gotten rid of their leaders, but they are bound to have a harder time getting out of their country’s economic crisis.
Read moreDisinformation and misinformation are becoming rampant in Nepal as competition heats up among the growing number of media outfits in the country.
Read moreIn India, heatwaves and COVID-19 underscore the urgency for better refugee housing.
Read moreWill the newly resurrected opposition Candlelight Party go the same way as the dissolved opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party?
Read moreA recently-released report shows that, amid the continuing pandemic in 2021, citizens of the Southeast Asian nation faced strict monitoring, suppression, and an increasing crackdown on political dissidents, civil society...
Read moreForeign students in Chinese universities enjoy privileges not available to their local counterparts.
Read moreThe security expertise of John Lee Ka-chiu, Hong Kong’s new chief executive, has many of the city’s residents wary instead of making them feel safe.
Read moreThey may not be as visible as before, but Thailand’s young protesters are far from giving up their demands for reforms.
Read moreThere have been few surprises in the city-state’s politics. The ruling People’s Action Party is making sure that this will again be the case with the country’s next prime minister.
Read moreAn election fraught with controversy has the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos rising to the Philippine presidency, a development that observers say could only continue the authoritarian trend...
Read moreThe ties between China and Russia have endured over many decades. But Beijing may be unwilling to go the full stretch to support its longtime ally.
Read moreThe endless jockeying for political power has left Pakistan’s economy in shambles and its people fighting for survival.
Read moreAs the country flirts with the idea to extend the presidential term limit to 15 years, it drifts closer to authoritarianism.
Read moreThe East Asian country donates millions of dollars each year to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Yet it is slow to offer itself as refuge to members of the ethnic...
Read moreWhile the political crisis gripping the Chinese-held city mirrors that in their home countries, migrant laborers choose to be on the safe side for their survival.
Read moreVietnam’s young men are resorting to bribery to escape serving in the military for two years–or longer.
Read moreA row over the wearing of the hijab in an Indian state threatens to spread nationwide – and jeopardize Muslim women’s access to education.
Read moreThousands of kilometers apart, Singapore and India also seems to have contrasting approaches toward their respective Muslim communities.
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