On 11 December 2025, the Chiang Rai Provincial Court read out the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of 32-year-old pro-democracy activist Mongkol "Bas" Thirakhot, sentencing him to 46 years in prison without suspension under Section 112 and the CCA. This marks one of the highest penalties in the history of cases under the Lèse-Majesté law. This ruling follows years of escalating punishment against Bas. Decades for Dissent: The Case Against Activist Bas Two cases (later mer

What’s happening in India? India ordered all smartphone manufacturers to preinstall Sanchar Saathi, a permanent state-run surveillance app that would appear on every new device. While they revoked the plan the week after, it does not erase intent. Sanchar Saathi was marketed as public service, but in reality, it was an attempt to normalise surveillance by embedding it directly into the device itself. What is Sanchar Saathi? Sanchar Saathi is a government app presented as a to

‘𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲’ is this year’s theme, and it is all about small steps that we can take to...

#ฉันคิดถึงคุณ #𝗜𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗬𝗼𝘂 🫂 On this day, 2 years since activist and lawyer 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮 was unjustly imprisoned, we join...

🇳🇵𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻-𝗭 𝘃𝘀. 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 🚨 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲...

#NoWarCambodiaThai 🇰🇭🕊️🇹🇭 #NoWarThaiCambodia ✊🏽 #JointStatement 📣 The civil society coalitions under the South East Asia...

At #RightsCon 2025, as part of the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship, we convened a powerful session:“Solidarity...

#DecoloniseTheInternet   🛜 We present the Post-Western Digital Rights #Manifesto. It is  a radical commitment to solidarity, equity, and...

🚨 #WorldDayAgainstCyberCensorship 📵🌐 12 March 2025—On World Day Against Cyber Censorship , let’s be reminded that #censorship thrives...

#DecolonizeTheInternet ✊ Throwback to #RightsCon 2025: Decolonising Digital Rights & Data!  🚨 Big Tech, colonial legacies, and state...

#StopDigitalDictatorship‼️ #SaveMyanmar 🇲🇲 #RejectTheJunta ❌ 📢 MYANMAR’S ILLEGAL JUNTA CYBERSECURITY LAW: ASEAN REGIONAL COALITION...

🌏 Last week, around 40 individuals representing over 15 languages, 10 Southeast Asian and other global nations, as well as a plethora of...

#StopDigitalDictatorship🚨📢 - The UN Cybercrime Treaty has passed, but this is not the end—it's a call to arms! ⚠️ Our freedoms are...

This opinion piece is written by Jean Linis-Dinco, PhD as part of the ongoing campaign of the ASEAN Regional Coalition to...

📣Last week, around 50 Human Rights Defenders, CSO workers, Indigenous community leaders, academics, journalists, and other regional...