Full Coverage: South East Asia

22.02.2007 A leading Catholic aid organisation is to ask the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Professor Manfred Nowak, to investigate alleged torture of detainees in West Papua by police and military officers when he visits Indonesia this year.

14.02.2007 This APDIP e-note provides an overview of the policy considerations that are needed to promote ICT usage among SMEs. It discusses critical components for a comprehensive policy and legislative strategy that would address the various policy, legal, market, technical and social considerations needed in order to create conditions conductive for encouraging ICT-enabled SMEs.

12.02.2007 A declaration to conserve the “Heart of Borneo” was officially signed today, committing three governments - Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia - to the conservation and sustainable management of one of the world's most important centres of biological diversity.

09.02.2007 Difficulty of accessing information on flood prevention and poor information on aid distribution in the wake of recent floods in Malaysia are condemned in a new report by an international freedom of expression organisation.

06.02.2007 Religious fighting between Muslims and Christians in South Maluku, Indonesia, has left thousands dead or displaced and segregated communities along religious lines. Two non-profit groups are using sport to bridge the gap.

05.02.2007 The UN provides a map and situation report to describe the situation in Jakarta and surrounding areas as of Sunday. While nearly 340,000 are homeless and some remain trapped for a fifth day Monday, two more days of rain are expected.

02.02.2007 The Thai government must lift the Emergency Decree which is in force over the southern provinces and which effectively legalises torture, according to an Asian rights group.