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In a sweltering Kuala Lumpur cell, media freedom became personal

  • Kean Wong,

Journalist Kean Wong reflects on media freedom in the context of his arrest over a book he had edited on Malaysia’s politics.

The contemporary shifting landscape of LGBTQ+ Muslim expression in Indonesia

  • Amar Alfikar & Dr Diego Garcia Rodriguez,

Amid the influence of conservative Indonesian Islam, a queer-inclusive Muslim counter-public is drafting an alternative approach.

Media weaponisation in Myanmar and the world’s relative indifference to its crisis

  • Nicholas Coppel,

Myanmar’s resistance movement sorely needs an independent in-country media presence to garner sustained international attention.

Cambodia’s media is more affected by funding and fear than Artificial intelligence

  • Liam Cochrane,

Old-fashioned government restrictions and funding issues are having a chilling effect on the next generation.

The Taiwan Centre for Mandarin Learning in Australia: Policy Recommendations

  • Dr Jeffrey Gil, Dr Minglei Wang & Dr Grace Yue Qi,

TCMLs could help Chinese language learning in Australia, but there are significant political sensititivies.

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