Very moving from AFP News Agency

"Foreign media did pretty well from my point of view. For example, AFP managed to get a few pieces out every day during the Internet shutdown... In a black hole, that was really a beacon of shining light." We were honoured to help. 🫡 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-repor…

'Revenge attacks' on Muslims and migrant workers have been reported from various parts of the country, including Delhi and Ghaziabad, in the wake of minority Hindus being targeted in Bangladesh. An #AltNews report | Abhishek altnews.in/violence-again…

We are excited to announce the forthcoming publication of "Frontline Poets: The Literary Rebels Taking on Myanmar's Military." This book, co-authored by Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe, tells the stories of 5 poets before, during & after the 2021 coup. 1/3

Really great primer on Sri Lanka's first election since its 2022 economic collapse this weekend: himalmag.com/politics/sri-l…

Almost 24 hours after the arrest of Mech Dara - the investigative journalist who exposed Cambodian scam compounds, staffed by trafficked workers - military police tell us they do not know his current whereabouts. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Haunting photos from my colleague Richard Horsey 📸of Thantlang town in #Myanmar's #Chin state, where the Myanmar military has carried out as many as 70 airstrikes since last Friday, according to local media DVB English News crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

OBITUARY | Frontier reporter Naw Betty Han remembers friend and fellow exiled Myanmar journalist Ko Htet Wai who died on October 5 in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/goodbye-ko-…

Journalist Mech Dara seeks blessing from a monk in a pagoda in Phnom Penh after he was released on bail this afternoon. Interestingly, he was dressed in a white t-shirt bearing the words “wanna go fishing”. #Mechdara #Kiripost

My newsletter this week is about the darker, gendered twist in ‘digital arrest’ scams. Women are being forced to strip on camera by scammers. It’s barely making headlines or cases.

The floating disembodied ghost of Carl Schmitt is gazing down at Seoul today whispering "bro what tf are you doing"

All We Imagine as Light is so beautiful in many respects but oh my goodness the score youtube.com/watch?v=1QOnIg…

Painting frames from All We Imagjne As Light ✨ Forever grateful to Payal Kapadia for giving us this movie

EXC: Bangladesh’s security forces raided the home of a person disappeared by the regime of Sheikh Hasina in an attempt to block Channel 4 News broadcasting his case inc. confrontation of Tulip Siddiq. Financial Times w/ David Bergman and Susannah Savage on.ft.com/3WbMqMR

"The city's skewed demographics prompted its pre-eminent novelist to once quip that while Delhi was for seeking power and Mumbai was for chasing riches, Kolkata was for visiting one's parents." france24.com/en/live-news/2…

BREAKING: Iranian missiles are seen flying toward Israel from a Lebanese wedding, where the music makes the moment feel eerily surreal