Edition 5, 2021
Asian Australians
The Jimmy Lai case: The National Security Law and the future of dissent in Hong Kong
If Lai is convicted it will serve as a clear signal to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement that Beijing is in charge.
Building a community for sexual orientation and gender identity rights in ASEAN
If ASEAN is unlikely to see its way toward SOGIE rights, the arena it reifies arguably helps activists navigate strategies.
How Hong Kong’s civil society networks have contributed to the containment of COVID-19
The networks and solidarity formed by the democracy movement laid the groundwork for a prompt civil society response to COVID-19.
The dark side of civil society? How Thailand’s civic networks foster autocracy
Royalist civil society networks operate as repressive forces which reduce democratic space.
India’s progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
There are more than 27 million persons with disabilities in India and their rights are still not protected.
Edition 6, 2021
Human rights and civil society in Asia
INTRODUCTION: Questions and challenges for civil society and human rights in Asia
As elsewhere, many societies in Asia have recently witnessed the rapid rise of populists and democratic regression.
Speaking no truth to power in a time of coup: Myanmar’s Human Rights Commission
Myanmar's Human Rights Commission has been noticeably silent which raises issues regarding expectations of human rights institutions against regimes inimical to human rights.
The many challenges of fighting against enforced disappearances in Asia
Many Asian countries still do not understand the nature of enforced disappearance, and often believe the issue is not relevant in their countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic and possibilities for Arab ‘risk society’
COVID-19 may afflict without discrimination, but not all polities, economies and societies can equally withstand its damage and rebuild in its aftermath.
The year of daring: revisiting the Philippine left’s dalliance with a strongman
Given Duterte's open endorsement of mass killings and anti-human rights rhetoric, how was an alliance possible with the left movement?
The racialised and gendered online abuse of activists in Japan
While human rights activists take advantage of social media, so do their opponents with xenophobic, racist, and sexist tropes.
Transnational civil society in Asia
WEBINAR: Transnational interactions among civil society actors in Asia are helping to strengthen common democratic values.
COVID-19 Analysis
