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Asia human rights
Across the Asia-Pacific, Governments Criminalize Human Rights Defenders Like Me
By Muhammad Ismail
Most people in the region are living in countries with closed or repressed civic space where their freedoms to speak up, organize, or mobilize are under attack on a daily basis.
Annual Report Highlights Narrowing of Asian Political Space
By Sebastian Strangio
Today, 90 percent of Asian people live in countries with a closed, repressed, or obstructed civic space.
US Issues Human Rights Guidelines for Exporters of Surveillance Tech
By Abhijnan Rej
The directions to American businesses come amid growing concern around China’s export of advanced mass-surveillance capabilities to more than 60 countries.
2019 Was a Dark Year for Civic Freedoms in Asia
By Josef Benedict
In Asia, 95 percent of people live in countries that violate political and democratic freedoms.
Asia’s Disappearing Activists
By Josef Benedict
Activists remain disappeared in at least 13 countries in the region. How can we secure justice for Asia’s disappeared?
Asia-Pacific Takes Stock of Ambitious Development Targets
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Natalia Kanem
How well has the region responded to trends such as population aging and international migration?
Global Strategic Trends: Imagining East Asia in 2050
By Li Jie Sheng
A new report from the U.K. predicts trends and flashpoints that will shape East Asia over the next 30-plus years.
Can Asia (and the UN) Hold Corporations Accountable?
By Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific
Corporations across Asia are often implicated in human rights abuses. It’s time to hold them to account.
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