CIVICUS Monitor's latest update on Singapore points to increased online censorship, challenges to media freedom, targeting of activists, and restrictions on positive LGBTQI+ online portrayals.
The Malaysian home ministry has banned Swatch products featuring LGBTQ elements, using the Printing Presses and Publications Order 2023 to prohibit items deemed "prejudicial to morality."...
Ms Tasha Enright of *SCAPE SG called on the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) to explain their position against the lorry ban for foreign worker transport. Former...
ASEAN parliamentarians attending the AIPA General Assembly have been urged to advocate for human rights-based solutions to the escalating Myanmar crisis. Malaysian lawmaker Wong Chen warned...
Deliberative democracy is alive in Malaysia, with many government and people engagements. Opportunities for public deliberations are plentiful. It's crucial for government, civil society, or universities...
FORUM-ASIA has called on ASEAN to exclude Myanmar's military junta from military exercises, citing fears it legitimizes and empowers their campaign of terror against the country's...
FORUM-ASIA raises alarm over ongoing repression against opposition parties in Bangladesh, emphasizing the need for peaceful protests and democratic elections. With escalating violence and arrests during...
Tommy Koh, Singapore's Ambassador-at-large, aptly exposes the financial motives behind business groups opposing the ban on transporting migrant workers via lorries. He rebukes the business group's...
Singapore business associations have expressed concerns over calls to ban the transportation of workers on lorries. The groups, in a collective response, urge 'careful consideration' and...
An alliance of 25 groups calls for an end to the 'inhumane, degrading, and cruel' punishment of whipping in Malaysia, amid concerns over violations of human...
