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Estonia Nabs Top Spot as the Country With the ‘Freest’ Internet
A new report on worldwide Internet freedom by Freedom House has rated Estonia as the freest for the 2nd year running, beating out the USA, Germany, and the United Kingdom for top marks. Estonia won...
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Malala and Beyond: 5 Incredibly Brave Global Youth Activists You Should Know
The heinous shooting of 14-year-old protest blogger Malala Yousafzai has made the international news this month, and for good reason: the attack upon her serves as a stark symbol of the retrograde...
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What Barack Obama Should Talk About in Cambodia
Cambodia is atwitter over the recently re-elected US President’s first visit to Phnom Penh—and the first visit ever by a sitting American President. But what should be on the POTUS’s agenda while he’s...
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President Obama Visits Myanmar. Now What?
(Yangon, Myanmar) - The President arrived in Yangon to streets lined with almost overwhelmingly adoring Burmese bystanders, waving US flags and clad in “Welcome Obama” T-shirts. Some Burmese have...
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South East Asia Since Obama’s Visit: Still Much Unrest
(Hoi An, Vietnam) – Southeast Asia hit the world stage in a big way this November, as international media breathlessly followed President Obama’s historic visit to the region, and the major ASEAN...
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Crackdown on Bloggers in Vietnam
Are you a blogger or a social activist in Vietnam? Now might be a good time to start getting worried. The Vietnamese government’s latest push against online speech occurred in a two-day-show trial on...
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Cambodia War Crimes Tribunal Comes to Grinding Halt Because of Lack of Funds
Cambodia’s beleaguered war crimes tribunal is facing another obstacle: translators have gone on strike, protesting months of work without pay, and the one active trial has been adjourned...
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A Cambodian Prisoner of Conscience is Set Free
A prisoner of conscience in Cambodia is set free. But that does not mean the country is becoming any more welcoming of dissent. Cambodian radio station owner and human rights activist Mam Sonando has...
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The 8 Stages of Genocide Against Burma’s Rohingya
Rohingya Muslim’s in Burma’s Rakhine state have now been ordered to adhere to a years-old two child policy by the government, in what authorities claim is an effort to defang ongoing tension between...
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V for Thailand: Why Protestors in Bangkok are Donning Guy Fawkes Masks
(Bangkok, Thailand) – There’s a new look to Thai protests, and it doesn’t involve a red or a yellow shirt, the garments favored by two perenially sparring political sides in the Southeast Asian...
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How Anti-Vietnamese Racism is Fueling Politics in Cambodia
The elderly Vietnamese woman resided in a tiny room off an alley in Phnom Penh, using boxes of the soda pop she sold for a living as furniture. And she was worried. It was the summer of 2013, and...
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What You Need to Know About the Protests in Thailand
Thousands upon thousands of protesters stomp through the sweaty streets of Bangkok, demanding that the current administration step down and attempting to surround governmental buildings. Confused...
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Don’t Expect a “Cambodian Spring”
Prominent Cambodian human rights activist Ou Virak came to Stanford to speak last week, and his stance on the possibility of a political “spring” in politically tense Cambodia is clear: not likely. “I...
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Thailand’s Woes
At least thirty-five Thais were wounded on Saturday, Feb 22nd after gunmen attacked an antigovernment rally in Trat province, including a five year old girl. Bangkok fared poorly as well: 12-year-old...
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What the MH370 Mystery Tells us About Southeast Asian Politics
MH370 has gripped the imagination of the world, knocking the Crimea and Venezuela off TV screens and fostering wide-spread international speculation, as well as a search that now involves twenty-six...
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Will Investors Stop Burma’s Backslide?
Burma, the recent reformation minded darling of Southeast Asia, has been recently hit with ever-increasing ethnic tensions and a spate of threats to international aid workers, coupled with growing...
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UN Rapporteur Takes Hard Line on Aid Agencies Expulsion from Burma
Burma’s Muslim Rohingya minority are faced with an increasingly desperate situation after aid organizations were ejected from the country in March, charged by the government with exhibiting...
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Thailand Has Ousted Its Prime Minister – Here’s Why You Should Care
It’s over: Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has finally been ousted by a Thai court after a contentious and occasionally bloody political standoff that has dragged on since last summer. In...
View ArticleHow the UN is Learning to Love Drones
It’s one of modern technology’s biggest public relations problems: the ever-increasing popularity and proliferation of drones. Drones, both those oriented towards the consumer market and those pitched...
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A Cambodian Journalist Was Killed Trying to Cover Illegal De-forestation
Environmental journalism can be a deadly business, particularly in rapidly developing economies that depend on resource exploitation to fuel their growth. The October 12th murder of Cambodian...
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