Blog

From December 13 to 22, Cinemata will stream 15 Philippine short films from the 6th Likhang Mulat: Film Movements Festival, commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Co-curated with Gawad Alternatibo, the film playlist highlights human rights stories from the Philippines' martial law years to the present time, reflecting the aspiration of Filipino filmmakers to continue raising awareness on human rights issues.
Amid the rise in hate speech related to religion, civil society organisations in Indonesia are using creative online tactics to promote rights discourses. But to be more effective, an approach recognising the authority of religious figures is needed.
OPTF has published a new report identifying the key digital threats that human rights defenders (HRDs) from Africa, MENA, South Asia, and Southeast Asia are facing today. EngageMedia is among the key collaborators in this research, connecting OPTF with activists and civil society organisations in the Asia-Pacific.
In the December 2020 issue of ASEANFocus, EngageMedia Co-Founder and Executive Director Andrew Lowenthal underlines the need for government policy change and civil society advocacy to protect digital privacy. The article, republished here in full, is one of ten articles that tackle digitalisation in Southeast Asia.
On Human Rights Day 2020, the UN called on the world to "Recover Better - Stand Up for Human Rights". These human rights also extend to the digital space.
Seringkali, pertanyaan, “Apa itu hak digital” dijawab dengan “HAM di ruang digital”, atau “HAM yang tercipta melalui penggunaan teknologi dan internet”.
Civil society organisations in Myanmar condemn the unjust arrests of the students, and we demand to immediately release them and urgently drop all the charges made against them.
āđƒāļ™āļšāļ—āļ„āļ§āļēāļĄāļ™āļĩāđ‰ āđ€āļĢāļēāļˆāļ°āļĄāļēāļžāļīāļˆāļēāļĢāļ“āļēāļāļąāļ™āđƒāļ™āļĢāļēāļĒāļĨāļ°āđ€āļ­āļĩāļĒāļ”āļ§āđˆāļē āļˆāļ°āđ€āļāļīāļ”āļ­āļ°āđ„āļĢāļ‚āļķāđ‰āļ™āđ€āļĄāļ·āđˆāļ­ AI āļ–āļđāļāļžāļąāļ’āļ™āļēāđ€āļžāļ·āđˆāļ­āļ™āļģāļĄāļēāđƒāļŠāđ‰āđ€āļ›āđ‡āļ™āļ­āļēāļ§āļļāļ˜āđ€āļžāļ·āđˆāļ­āļ™āļģāļĄāļēāļĨāļ°āđ€āļĄāļīāļ”āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāļžāļĨāđ€āļĄāļ·āļ­āļ‡āđāļĨāļ°āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāļ—āļēāļ‡āļāļēāļĢāđ€āļĄāļ·āļ­āļ‡ (civil and political rights – CPR) āđ€āļŠāđˆāļ™ āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļĄāļĩāļŠāļĩāļ§āļīāļ•āđāļĨāļ°āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļāļģāļŦāļ™āļ”āļŠāļ°āļ•āļēāļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļ•āļ™āđ€āļ­āļ‡ āđāļĨāļ°āļĢāļ§āļĄāļ—āļąāđ‰āļ‡āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāđāļŠāļ”āļ‡āļ­āļ­āļ āđ€āļŠāļĢāļĩāļ āļēāļžāļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļ›āļąāļˆāđ€āļˆāļāļšāļļāļ„āļ„āļĨ āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļ™āļąāļšāļ–āļ·āļ­āļĻāļēāļŠāļ™āļē āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļĄāļēāļ„āļĄ āđāļĨāļ°āļŠāļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāļ­āļ·āđˆāļ™āđ†