Asia Undercovered Special: Women's rights, gender, and feminism in the Asia Pacific
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 31 August 2022
This week: Two political are held accountable in SE Asia, Pakistan faces multiple crisis, and could an Islamic climate right rise in Indonesia? Subscribe now Undercovered last week The United Nations finally released a report highlighting what we’ve known for far too long – there is widespread, state-led, forced labor
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 18 August 2022
This issue: Indonesia's 2024 race heating up, already, India's growing military spending, and why one country wants to join ASEAN while another is leaving the Pacific Island Forum. Subscribe now Undercovered last week I want to see more of this. Read this data driven visual feature
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 9 August 2022
This week: Climate disasters ignored (again) in Asia, China’s party congress, and how Indian police are using tech to plan false evidence on victims phones. Subscribe now Undercovered last week There's a new, temporary President in Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe, who, assuming nothing gets in the way,
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 13 July 2022
Undercovered last week Another arrest of an environmental defender in the Philippines – a country with an horrific record. Sadly, its not just the Philippines – all across Asia, excuses are being used to suppress people’s rights. A rare case of police accountability in Thailand, where officers were sentenced to life
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Asia Undercovered Special: History as a lens to understand modern Asia
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 22 June 2022
This week: Surprise election results in Cambodia, deteriorating freedoms in Kazakhstan and the Pride Parade return to the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Could ruthless authoritarian dictator Xi Jinping fall from power in China? Rumors about his absence from state-media are leading some Chinese overseas to
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 8 June 2022
Undercovered last week This month finally saw the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, finally visit Xinjiang/East Turkestan. It was, by every measure, a disappointing trip that saw her fail to engage with civil society, do any meaningful investigations, nor look into the allegations of genocide. To
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Asia Undercovered Special: Social Media, Disinformation, and Activism
Social media has affected Asian society and politics in many ways. The region has been influenced by rapid digitization over the past decade, seeing the fastest growing smartphone use and, in many leading technological innovations. But there are also challenges; in recent years, numerous countries have banned social media platforms
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