My take on Indonesia’s new criminal code: “This is more sinister than a Bali bonk ban: my people’s freedom is on the line” Amnesty International Australia 🕯 smh.com.au/world/asia/thi…

We're proud to host Protestinstitut's annual conference at Freie Universität this year! Our thematic focus: "Social Movement & Conflict Research in Dialogue: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Violence & Mobilisation" Read our #CfP submit your paper by 31 March! interact.fu-berlin.de/News/ipbJT2023…

The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in occupied West Papua. A 35-year-old woman has been murdered and mutilated by the Indonesian military in Puncak Regency, and villages and churches have been emptied as thousands more soldiers ulmwp.org/president-wend…

From this disinformation workshop, I am learning that Southeast Asian political elites are copying Filipino politicians’ disinformation strategies to win elections. Great job 🇵🇭 politicians, we now have a new pernicious political export.

During Women‘s History Month we‘ll be kicking off our new event series in Berlin called FILIPINX CHAPTERS. First one will be about WOMEN, ARTS & STRUGGLE. Join us for Music, Poetry and Food 🇵🇭 Gabriela Youth Bayan Europe Migrantifa Berlin Anti Colonial Alliance Berlin SAKA Internationalistisches Bündnis Nordberlin (IBN)

Happy birthday, former President Duterte. A moment of silence for Kian Delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz, Karima Teriman, Manny Asuncion, and the tens of thousands killed through extrajudicial killings from 2016 to 2022. They will never turn 78.

Some 1.5 million German households are spending more than half of their income on rent, a study shows. Poorer people and city dwellers face the biggest burdens. trib.al/vugvRE8

❗️ Heute wurde mein Mitarbeiter am Wahlkreisbüro angegriffen. Schon seit Jahren bespuckt jemand regelmäßig das Büro von Stepan Stepanovic und mir. Als mein Mitarbeiter heute den Mann zur Rede stellte, schrie dieser "Kommunistenschweine" und "Mauermörder" und drohte...

Most Filipinos live in a "sachet economy" - unable to afford to buy at regular size or in bulk, or perhaps in living conditions with limited storage space. Goods are often repacked into small single use plastics. 1/2

„There are millions and billions of women of Color all over the world whose perspectives are not heard” - Amanda Barrett at #ijf23 in Perugia

On journos flying in to another country to report on, claiming they are not biased: “not having local context about a country is also a bias.” #ijf23 Hostwriter Unbias the News

“You don’t have to know everything about every region of the world, but that’s why it’s so important to have diversity and work with local reporters from different regions.” -Tina Lee Hostwriter Unbias the News

Eine aktuelle Studie zeigt: Die #tagesschau berichtete 2022 umfangreicher über die britischen Royals als über den globalen Hunger, mehr über Sport als über den gesamten Globalen Süden. Obwohl dort 85% der Weltbevölkerung lebt. telepolis.de/features/Deuts…

Die Junge Alternative (JA) wurde vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsextrem eingestuft – und aktuell immer noch prominent auf Instagram vertreten. Wir haben 2020 über zentrale Figuren und Verbindungen der JA zu anderen Strukturen wie der IB auf der Plattform berichtet.🧵

The most powerful cyclone in nearly two decades is barrelling toward the coasts of eastern Bangladesh and Myanmar, forecasters warn. trib.al/0uBlk4Q

The Thai election results are remarkable. Voters, especially in Bangkok and urban areas, have almost entirely repudiated military-backed parties, with these winning less than 80 out of 500 seats in parliament on initial counts. A couple of thoughts on what will come next: 1/🧵👇

Logging and palm oil plantations have encroached on Indigenous lands around the world. For our new feature, Liani MK reports from Borneo on how Indigenous groups are using mapping technology to document and protect their ancestral land restofworld.org/2023/indigenou…

it sucks that my apartment is flooding, but i’m going to be okay. people who live in nyc’s illegally converted basement apartments are not going to be as lucky - and they’re most likely to be asian and poor. nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1…

There has been much speculation about the risk of the Israel-Hamas war sparking a wider conflict in the Middle East, but what would this actually look like? Here are some possible scenarios:

Short, digestible piece for ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute on political influencers in the 2022 Philippine Elections that highlights key findings from our full report on Internews, with Aries Arugay Read: iseas.edu.sg/articles-comme… Read more: internews.org/resource/polit…