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#StopDigitalDictatorship✊Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks!
🚀 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.

Manushya Foundation
Jun 6, 2024


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

Manushya Foundation
Jun 6, 2024


#GlobalLiberation ✊ People Power in Thailand
BACKGROUND ⛓️Thais have long been taught to have pride for being ‘ไทย’ (Thai, which means ‘free’). Mainstream narratives (via media and...

Manushya Foundation
May 30, 2024


🌈🤍 #StopDigitalDictatorship: X (Twitter) Space Recap “How does Digital Dictatorship Threaten the Safety of Women and Gender Minorities in Southeast Asia?”
💌 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

Manushya Foundation
May 30, 2024


#StopTransnationalRepression ❌ Silenced and Stranded: Cambodian Refugees in Bangkok
#StopTransnationalRepression 📣The Cambodian Prime Minister and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin appear to share an agenda to "crush...

Manushya Foundation
May 20, 2024


#ShadowWork 👁️How deeply do you know yourself?
💭 Shadow Work is a healing practice focused on facing the unconscious, repressed parts of ourselves, including our insecurities, fears,...

Manushya Foundation
May 18, 2024


#BungThaluwang 🪻Rest in Power, Bung Netiporn
🌼It has been two days since Bung’s passing. We, along with countless other Thais who were touched by Bung’s fearless and powerful...

Manushya Foundation
May 16, 2024


✊#DefendersinDevelopment - Manushya Foundation was in Tbilisi, Georgia, to attend an important Defenders in Development campaign gathering!
❣️ Over the course of a week, we met with over 100 human rights defenders and civil society organizations from 50 different countries! As...

Manushya Foundation
May 14, 2024


#BreakingNews - Bung Thaluwang Has Passed Away
Manushya Foundation would like to express deep sadness at the passing of beloved Bung Thaluwang and would like to send condolences to her...

Manushya Foundation
May 14, 2024


Global Liberation Series: #PeoplePower in Sudan
#GlobalLiberation 🪢Our movements are stronger when we pay attention to, listen to, and stand in solidarity with, the liberation...

Manushya Foundation
May 13, 2024


#FaceYourFears ❣️ By confronting your greatest fears, you unlock your greatest strengths!
🎐Wherever there is injustice in our society, you will find #Fear at its heart. Racism, sexism, ableism, classism, homophobia, fatphobia,...

Manushya Foundation
May 13, 2024


#StopDigitalDictatorship 📲🚫How does Digital Dictatorship take advantage of the masses, like during the Covid-19 Pandemic?
#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

Manushya Foundation
May 8, 2024


#StopDigitalDictatorship 🌏💙 How does Digital Dictatorship threaten the safety of Rohingya Peoples and other Marginalised Communities?
#StopDigitalDictatorship - Did you know that discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, and race is not just a reflection of social biases but is often weaponised by authoritarian governments to maintain power and control? 🚫 Our new report explores this troubling trend in Southeast Asia, focusing on marginalised communities like the Indigenous hill tribes of the Mekong Region, the Indigenous peoples of West Papua, and the Rohingya people. 🌏💙 These communities are facin

Manushya Foundation
May 8, 2024


#StopDigitalDictatorship 💗🏳️🌈 How does Digital Dictatorship threaten the safety of Women and LGBTQIA+ communities?
#StopDigitalDictatorship 💗🏳️🌈 Learn more about the intersections between the experiences of women’s, LGBTIQA+, and those of other marginalised communities with the issues of Digital Rights in ASEAN countries in the ‘spotlights’ of our Thematic Report! 🔈✊ In our latest thematic report, "Dawn of Digital Dictatorship: Weaponizing the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia," we explore these issues in depth. We believe this is important because marginalised communitie

Manushya Foundation
May 8, 2024
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