Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

Articles by Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

The UN-HRC chamber, Geneva, Switzerland., Getty Images

HRC 36: Secure digital communications are essential for human rights

A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.

Rohingya refugees get off a boat after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, 11 September 2017, REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Journalist Dandhy Dwi Laksono charged with online defamation for Facebook post

Dandhy Dwi Laksono was reported for a post that compared former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri with Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi on their handling of the Papua and Rohingya issues.

People gather at a newspaper stand in Phnom Penh, 29 July 2013, REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodia launches systematic attack on independent media

One daily newspaper, two foreign media services, and three local radio stations were ordered closed by the Cambodian government in the past six weeks.

Detained Cambodian land activist, Tep Vanny, center, from the Boeung Kak lake community is escorted by court security during a hearing at Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015., ASSOCIATED PRESS

One Year On: Cambodia must immediately release Tep Vanny

67 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Tep Vanny on the one-year anniversary of her detention.

Kem Ley, 4 June, 2016, AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

A supporter of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo holds a candle and a picture of him as she joins others calling for his release in Hong Kong, 29 June 2017, AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Freedom on a leash for Liu Xiaobo, Hong Kong protests, and a cruel prison sentence for blogger ‘Me Nam’

China releases Liu Xiaobo on medical parole; #FreeThe5KH out on bail; journalists escape jail term in Timor Leste; “Mother Mushroom” sentenced to 10 years

Statement of Solidarity in Support of MENA HRDs for IFEX25

NGOs around the world ask authorities to stop campaigns of repression against HRDs and civil society organisations in the Middle East and North Africa region

A Taang National Liberation Army (TNLA) soldier displays poppy plants as the army destroys an opium field in Mantong township, northern Shan state, Burma, 16 January 2014, REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Three Burmese journalists arrested for alleged links to a rebel group

Three journalists were arrested by the Myanmar Armed Forces after having travelled to rebel-controlled communities to cover a drug-burning ceremony marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.