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SEA lawmakers call on Malaysia’s Parliament to be allowed to sit during state of emergency

Southeast Asian lawmakers have urged the Malaysian King, the Speaker of the…
  • 0042
  • 16 February 2021

AWARE calls on Viswa Sadasivan to make a full and unreserved apology

AWARE Singapore has issued a follow-up statement in relation to to the…
  • ghui
  • 12 February 2021

Amnesty International calls on S’pore government to cease its attacks on peaceful activists, respect LGBT rights

Amnesty International has called on the Singapore government to take immediate steps…

Indonesia’s ranking on EIU Democracy Index 2020 reaches lowest level in 14 years — what does it mean?

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia ranked 64 in the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s…

S’pore remains ‘flawed democracy’ in 2020 EIU Democracy Index despite ‘very small improvement’ in overall score

Despite making “a very small improvement” in its total score last year,…

Political stability in Malaysia “deteriorated” since Mahathir Mohamad left Prime Minister post: EIU Democracy Index 2020

Political stability in Malaysia “deteriorated” since Mahathir Mohamad left the country’s Prime…

S’pore “more than capable” of handling differences as long as govt, political parties “disavow exclusivist thinking”, says academician Cherian George

Singapore will be “more than capable” of handling differences “in ways that…

Press conference: Myanmar military coup’s implications on human rights and democracy

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights and Progressive Voice, with the support of…

Joint Statement by Asian NGOs to condemn arrest of peaceful protestors against LGBT discrimination in Singapore

Below is a Joint Statement by the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, Asian-Pacific Resource and…