Full Coverage: South East Asia

29.08.2007 A low-level insurgency is spiraling into a brutal armed conflict in the predominantly ethnic Malay Muslim provinces of southern Thailand, a global rights group said Tuesday, noting that for the first time in the region's history, Buddhist monks are being targeted for death.
From: Human Rights Watch

29.08.2007 Condemnation of the methods used by the military government in Myanmar to prevent journalists from covering a wave of unrest in response to fuel price increases has been made by the Burma Media Association and an international media freedom organisation.

23.08.2007 The Burmese military's presence in Rangoon is being stepped up as protests continue despite government attempts to suppress demonstrations.

22.08.2007 Philippines based firm TechFactors Inc has developed edutainment software to make technology education interactive and fun for children.

22.08.2007 Democracy activists in Myanmar (Burma) have reportedly been arrested in midnight raids on the eve of planned protests in the wake of fuel price increases of up to 500 percent.
* Solidarity demonstration in London

20.08.2007 The next five year, the pulp industry planning to increase production capacity. Indonesia is one place which in that planned. Meanwhile, the reality is that the industry cause of social conflicts, land rights conflicts, pollution, and the destruction of vast areas of forest

20.08.2007 Thailand's ruling military junta pushed through a new constitution in a referendum this weekend, but nearly two thirds of Thai voters either abstained or voted 'no' -- including over 60 percent of the impoverished northeast of the country.

17.08.2007 Torture, impunity and corruption continue in Indonesia, says an Asian rights group in a statement marking Independence Day on August 17.
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14.08.2007 Heidi Thorsen reflects on why helping communities rebuild after the tsunami is about more than just building houses, and asks what it really means to be someone's neighbour.

13.08.2007 According to the 2007 report of the International Telecommunications' Union (ITU) related to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which was released recently, Tunisia achieved a considerable progress in the field of information technologies.

07.08.2007 A group of community radio and people's media organisations in Thailand has rejected the military-backed draft constitution as undemocratic and has called for its rejection.

07.08.2007 Initially designed for snowmobiles, a kit to clean up engine emissions is making a big impact in Philippine cities.

07.08.2007 The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank’s "model" hydropower project - Nam Theun in Laos - is fast becoming a replica of past dam mistakes, says a new report.
From: The International Rivers Network

03.08.2007 In the years following the ratification of the extremely controversial USA PATRIOT Act, other countries across the world, including the Philippines and El Salvador, have introduced equally contentious counter-terrorism statutes that have had serious implications on civil rights, say advocates.

01.08.2007 The Papua Legislative Council is deliberating a regulation that would see microchips implanted in people living with HIV/AIDS so authorities could monitor their actions. The regulation has been condemned by activists in the province as a gross violation of rights.