💌 RSVP to our event here ! 🗓️ 27 June 2024, 7.00 PM 📍 FCCT - Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, Bangkok 🚀 Press Conference: From Digital Dictatorship to Transnational Repression! 👉🏼 Flagship Country Reports Launch : "Dawn of Digital Dictatorship: Weaponizing the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia" The ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship invites you to our Press Conference: ‘From Digital Dictatorship to Transnational Repression’ 📢 Duri

CONTEXT Nanthida is a student at the National University of Laos. From April 8-12th 2024, she attended the ‘Parliamentary Committee’...

🌍 We are excited to bring back our ‘Funding Justice’ series in this post, where we will explore the transformative #ShiftThePower Treehouse initiative, a global movement rebalancing power dynamics in the funding ecosystem. ✊Dive into the manifesto's core principles and discover how local communities are taking the lead in defining their development paths. Let's reshape humanitarian aid together! 🌱 Find out more about the #ShiftThePowerInitiative 🔗 https://shiftthepower.org

Do you ever get the feeling that the digital landscape in ASEAN countries is like a wild roller coaster ride, full of twists, turns, and unexpected drops? We sure do! And that's exactly why we are hard launching our report "Dawn of Digital Dictatorship: Weaponizing the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia" with the #StopDigitalDictatorship Coalition. This isn’t just a report—it’s a movement! But here's the real deal: we're not just about numbers and stats. We're all ab

#DecolonizingFunding - 💰 Excited to share Part 2 of our ‘Funding Justice’ series where we discuss the on-the-ground realities of the current international aid system. 🛑 Say No to Aid Colonialism and Paternalism! It's time to break the chains of colonial funding and shift the power to those who know the real needs—local actors on the ground. 🎙️In this post, Emilie Palamy Pradichit, Founder of Manushya Foundation, exposes the harsh realities of the international aid system

#DecolonizingFunding - 💰 Introducing Our New Educational Series: 'Funding Justice' 🏦 Through this series, we aim to unpack the complexities of colonial legacies in development funding and spotlight the movement for decolonizing aid. 💼 In this first post, we delve into how colonial remnants persist in the development grants-making sector, which continues to rely on top-down decision-making processes and asymmetrical power dynamics. 🪙 Stay tuned for upcoming posts to learn

🚀 Step into a new era of digital advocacy with us on the last week of June! Following our soft launch in March, we're gearing up to hard launch our report “Dawn of Digital Dictatorship: Weaponising the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia''. But hold onto your hats – this isn't your run-of-the-mill data dump. It's a battle cry for digital warriors across the region. 📚 But wait, there's more! In addition to the report, we're thrilled to introduce our Country Booklets.

🛑 #StopTransnationalRepression - Lao police have handed over 17 Myanmar nationals to illegal junta soldiers at the northern Golden...

BACKGROUND ⛓️Thais have long been taught to have pride for being ‘ไทย’ (Thai, which means ‘free’). Mainstream narratives (via media and...

💌 On Monday, May 13, 2024, we hosted an X (Twitter) Space focused on the findings of our coalition first Thematic Report, in particular the safety of women and gender minorities in Southeast Asia! The panel was moderated by Founder and Coordinator of ALTSEAN Burma, Debbie Stothard and assembled by a diverse array of guest speakers including advocates and experts from the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship. Speakers included Yasmin Ullah of Rohingya Maiyafui

💭 Shadow Work is a healing practice focused on facing the unconscious, repressed parts of ourselves, including our insecurities, fears,...

🌼It has been two days since Bung’s passing. We, along with countless other Thais who were touched by Bung’s fearless and powerful...

#GlobalLiberation 🪢Our movements are stronger when we pay attention to, listen to, and stand in solidarity with, the liberation...

🎐Wherever there is injustice in our society, you will find #Fear at its heart. Racism, sexism, ableism, classism, homophobia, fatphobia,...

#StopDigitalDictatorship - Hey there, freedom fighters! 🕊️ The pandemic reshaped Southeast Asia, and not for the better. 🌏 While we were urged to 'stay safe at home,' our governments took this as a green light to further tighten their grip on our digital lives. 📲🚫 📝 In our latest report, we explored how Southeast Asian countries used emergency measures to limit our freedoms. It's a must-read! Yep, our increased time online didn't just mean more Zoom calls; it became an