ASEAN says #Myanmar junta’s election “will worsen conditions.” This is a crucial step forward. 237 orgs call on ASEAN to: 🔴Reinforce this position w/ concrete actions 🔴Engage w/ Myanmar's legitimate representatives 🔴End support to the junta Read more: bit.ly/45iVMdB

CIVICUS Monitor menempatkan #Indonesia dalam watchlist atau Daftar Pemantauan terbaru mereka. Keputusan ini diambil menyusul memburuknya kondisi kebebasan sipil selama sembilan bulan pertama pemerintahan Presiden Prabowo Subianto. sinarharapan.id/kebebasan-sipi…

#Thailand: 5 years ago, activist อานนท์ นำภา was arrested for participating in a protest. He now faces 29 years in prison on multiple charges, primarily for royal defamation. We call on Thai authorities to release him & drop all charges. web.civicus.org/Timeline-Arnon #StandAsMyWitness

#Malaysia: After 3 years of judicial harassment, today human rights defender Amir Hadi has been acquitted. He was charged in 2022 under the Peaceful Assembly Act for a protest on corruption. Today’s ruling brings to an end, a travesty of justice malaysiakini.com/news/751592

The ‘8888’ Uprising is commemorated with pro-democracy rallies both inside and outside of Myanmar. But it has become even more relevant over the last four years, since the military coup that ousted the democratically-elected NLD #WhatshappeninginMyanmar english.dvb.no/anniversary-of…

#HongKong activist Joshua Wong’s national security case, where he was accused of ‘conspiring to collude with foreign forces’, is set to be transferred to the High Court. If convicted, he faces up to life imprisonment. hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/hon…

🇹🇭#Thailand: The state of #civicspace is rated as 'repressed'. In recent months, there has been ongoing judicial harassment of human rights defenders and protesters by the state New update here: web.civicus.org/ThailandAug2025

Extremely insightful discussion today on truth and accountability organised by Asia Justice and Rights, Kontras Aceh and the Transitional Justice Asia Network on the 20th anniversary of the #Aceh peace agreement. Lessons for many of us working in Asia

🇧🇩#Bangladesh: A year after the fall of the regime, positive steps have been taken to improve #civicspace However, our new brief shows that more must be done to protect #activists & #journalists, repeal restrictive laws & strengthen #accountability web.civicus.org/BDbriefAug24

HENTIKAN SIASATAN TERHADAP ARUL Kenyataan media 14/08/2025 Kami dari Parti Sosialis Malaysia mengecam sekeras-kerasnya siasatan polis terhadap Timbalan Pengerusi PSM, S. Arutchelvan (Arul).

🇮🇩#Indonesia: The police cracked down on #protests yesterday in the city of #Pati in Central Java in response to an unfair local tax hike. Dozens of protesters were arbitrarily arrested and injured. The country is on our #civicspace Watchlist CIVICUS Monitor

🇦🇫#Afghanistan: Today marks four years since the Taliban’s forceful takeover. Since then the country's #civicspace rating has been downgraded to 'closed' due to systematic repression and there has been a failure to hold the #Taliban to account. monitor.civicus.org/country/afghan…

🇹🇼Taiwan: Funding for independent committees, through which the government consults civil society and enables participation in policy discussions, has been directly affected by controversial legislative measures & sweeping budget cuts 🔗web.civicus.org/Leah-Lin #CIVICUSLens

#Indonesia kini resmi masuk daftar pemantauan global CIVICUS Monitor, peringatan keras dari dunia internasional atas menyempitnya ruang sipil di bawah pemerintahan Prabowo-Gibran youtu.be/8saAQx_gdjU?si…

🇹🇭Thailand: Today, human rights defender & lawyer อานนท์ นำภา celebrates his 41st birthday in jail for his pro-democracy activism. Our wish is that he be released from prison and spend his next birthday with his family & friends. web.civicus.org/Arnon #StandAsMyWitness

🚨 BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has struck out "offensive" and "annoy" from Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act, ruling them unconstitutional and giving the decision prospective effect. The civil action was brought by Heidy Quah, founder of Refuge for

🇲🇲#Myanmar: Repression including #torture and death of political prisoners and targeting of #journalists continue, as junta announces sham elections Our new #civicspace update: web.civicus.org/MyanmarAug2025

#Malaysia: Another critical ruling by the courts that the words ‘offensive’ and ‘annoy’ in Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act are not a permissible restriction to freedom of expression. The provision has been systematically used to criminalise online speech

BEBASKAN ARUL ‼️ Arul ditahan di IPD Dang Wangi - penangkapan ini tidak sah dan satu penyalahgunaan kuasa polis. Hubungi OCPD Dang Wangi ACP Sulizmie Affendy bin Sulaiman (016-3235764), CPO Fadil bin Haji Marsus (019-3720177), atau Saifuddin Nasution Ismail untuk mendesak mereka #BebasArul

Indonesia is the top producer of palm oil in the world, and Indonesian Papua is its final frontier for agriculture-driven deforestation. In a new feature, HRW documents how the government and companies took Indigenous lands without women's consent in Indonesia's South Papua 🧵⤵️