Inmates at Burma’s Insein Prison launched a protest on July 25 in response to the announcement by the ruling junta that four political prisoners who had been held in the Yangon facility were executed. Several people who took part in… Read moreBurma: prison protests after execution of activists
Four residents of the Indonesian island of Pulau Pari on July 12 filed a lawsuit against Swiss cement giant Holcim over the effects of climate change on the island. Swiss Church Aid(HEKS), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights… Read moreIndonesian islanders sue corporation over climate change
Amnesty International released a report May 31 documenting numerous atrocities and potential war crimes committed by Burma’s armed forces this year in the eastern states of Kayin and Kayah, where an insurgency has mounted against the military regime that came to… Read moreWar crimes, displacement in Burma’s east
Rights groups in Malaysia are calling for the release of thousands of detained refugees and asylum-seekers, after a deadly incident in the northern state of Penang April 20. Six Rohingya refugees were reportedly struck by vehicles and killed when hundreds fled… Read moreMalaysia: calls to end mass detention of refugees
Several civilians have been killed and more than 10,000 forced to flee their homes in heavy clashes between Burma’s military and resistance fighters of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) for control of Loikaw, capital of Kayah state. “Members of humanitarian organizations for IDPs… Read moreBurma: Karenni rebels resist ‘annihilation’
Burma’s military junta leader Gen. Min Aung Hliang was accused of crimes against humanity in a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed Dec. 10 by the Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP). Article 15 of the Rome Statute empowers the ICC… Read moreBurma junta leader accused of crimes against humanity
Indonesian police Dec. 6 arrested eight Papuan university students on charges of treason for raising the banned “Morning Star” flag in a demonstration for the independence of the Papua region. The demonstration took place at a stadium in Jayapura, capital of Papua province…. Read moreIndonesia: ‘treason’ charges over West Papua flag
Ousted Burmese state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, was found guilty Dec. 6 of “incitement” and breaking COVID restrictions—but the first of a series of 11 charges that could see her imprisoned for life, with potential combined terms of up to… Read moreBurma: resistance escalates as Suu Kyi sentenced
Underground Asia Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper Harvard University Press, 2021 This dauntingly detailed book on the roots of Asia’s anti-colonial movements documents the early influence of anarchism, and how it was ultimately displaced by… Read moreBook review: Underground Asia
The killing of Mohib Ullah, a prominent Rohingya community leader, has drawn international condemnation and renewed deep-rooted fear in the Bangladesh refugee camps. Mohib Ullah was shot and killed on Sept. 29 outside the office of the civil society group he… Read moreFear in Rohingya camps after slaying of activist
Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo announced that he will hold a referendum to determine the fate of a contentious mega-mining contract, after several days of the country's largest protests in decades. Cortizo also said he would instate a moratorium on any new mining projects in response to the protests, a move signed into law on Panama's independence day. The protests, driven by environmental concerns, were sparked by the National Assembly's earlier vote to award an extended concession to Canadian company First Quantum, allowing it to operate the largest open-pit copper mine on the Central American isthmus for another 20 years. The Cobre Panamá mine, in Colón province, has faced strong opposition from local residents since it opened in 2019, but extension of the contract brought thousands of angry demonstrators to the streets of Panama City. The protests reached the doors of the capital's Marriott Hotel, where regional environment ministers were meeting for the Latin America & the Caribbean Climate Week summit. (Photo via Twitter)
The acting president of Burma’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) announced Sept. 7 that the people’s “resistance war” against the coup-installed regime has started, and urged the public across the country to revolt against the military junta. In the video statement… Read moreBurma shadow government declares ‘resistance war’
