Indonesia prepares for regional elections amid COVID-19 despite calls for postponement

Jakarta, INDONESIA — As many as 270 regions in Indonesia are set…

Thailand: UN Human Rights Office welcomes acquittal of two human rights defenders

On Monday (8 June), the UN Human Rights Office for Southeast Asia…

Twitter launches new tool to combat gender-based violence in Asia Pacific

Twitter recently introduced a dedicated gender-based violence search prompt for hotlines and…

8th anniversary of the death of Dr Lim Hock Siew, not forgetting him and other victims of Operation Coldstore

First published on Function 8 Today is the 8th anniversary of the…

Activist Jolovan Wham shares how Singaporeans can be allies to migrant workers by magnifying their voices

One of the most important thing a Singaporean can do as an…

AWARE report: S’pore’s immigration policies pose challenges to migrant wives in escaping spousal violence

Singapore’s immigration policies on the spouses of migrant workers — the vast…

Singapore judge issuing death sentence by Zoom was out of step with global standards

By Stephanie McLennan, Human Rights Watch Using Zoom video conferencing, a Singaporean…

Workers’ Party: Flag-hanging must portray the ideas of nationhood intuitively understood by every S’porean

Flag-hanging should be an individual, personal, or family effort and it must…