Full Coverage: South East Asia

28.02.2008 Alarming local and international rights activists, several officials in the Thai government are speaking freely about the 'necessity' of using extra-judicial killings as part of a national clampdown on narcotics.

19.02.2008 Police detained the editor of the Myanmar Nation and his office manager, seized documents and closed the weekly publication.

18.02.2008 A community of global citizens supporting human rights and development have raised and donated over $325,000 to the Burmese democracy movement. Here, they provide background on the Burmese people's struggle against the military regime, report on the current situation, and share their funding priorities and allocations.
From: Avaaz

15.02.2008 A heart-warming and inspirational music video-slide show features four days of fun activities organized for kids from the Sulu and Basilan war zones in Mindanao, the Philippines.

14.02.2008 Laws are failing to protect the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger, according to a report by wildlife trade network monitors.
India's tigers at risk

14.02.2008 MANILA, Feb 14 (IPS) - Non-government organizations (NGOs) opposed to the presence of United States troops in the country are calling for a suspension of U.S.-Philippine joint military exercises scheduled for Feb. 18.

14.02.2008 Creating a "pivotal" moment in Malaysian history, human rights activists and other non-governmental leaders are mobilizing to participate in the upcoming general elections, unexpectedly announced alongside Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's dissolution of parliament this Wednesday.

13.02.2008 Following Global Witness’ recommendation that World Bank President Robert Zoellick should call for an investigation into evidence of an illegal logging network around the Cambodian Prime Minister and other senior officials, the Cambodian government demanded a change in the organisation's leadership and called on its donors to cut funding.

12.02.2008 East Timor has declared a state of emergency after attacks on the President and Prime Minister. The country only recently regained stability after a 2006 conflict between security forces consigned tens of thousands of people to refugee camps.

12.02.2008 Vireak and his seven children constitute only one of hundreds of Cambodian families forcibly evicted from their homes due to government and military land grabs and land disputes. Vireak has now been homeless for over 9 months.
From: Amnesty International

10.02.2008 The UN Security Council should hold an emergency session to discuss the Burmese regime's defiance of Security Council and General Assembly demands, said a leading pro-democracy group.

05.02.2008 President Suharto of Indonesia, who died last month, was responsible for the invasion of East Timor in 1975, for its occupation for almost 25 years, for the murder of so many of its people and for the insecure and traumatised state it remains in despite its emergence as a free, new country six years ago.

05.02.2008 This year the vote goes to My World and Viet Tech founder Nguyen Minh Tri from Vietnam. The runner-up in the annual competition to find the best entrepreneur age 30 or under in the Asia-Pacific region is Saloni Malhotra, founder and CEO of DesiCrew Solutions, an outsourcing business that taps India’s workforce in small towns and rural areas.

01.02.2008 Although mainstream media has seemingly forgotten about Burma's hard-handed repression of democracy activists, freedom still remains out of reach, comments an ethnic media organization.