The mental health problem in Brunei Darussalam is an issue that cannot be taken lightly. According to the latest statement from the Ministry of Health of Brunei, approximately 7000 individuals or around 1.5 percent of the country’s population are currently diagnosed with mental illness, with depression being one of the Read more…
The world push the pause button during the coronavirus pandemic as globally people minimize their mobility, go under strict lockdown, and isolate. After for weeks, social media was full of narratives that the earth is taking pause and recovering. It is true, in some big cities the pollution and air Read more…
The global pandemic Covid-19 has shifted many aspects of our life. One of the unprecedented changes is the speeding up of the fourth Individual Revolution because the pandemic forces us to rely more on digital infrastructure and technology. Such a case is no exception in Cambodia which undergoes a rapid Read more…
The pandemic has impacted youth’s mental health— The sudden shift and changes are very overwhelming. It was quick and fast, and it seems that we do not have time to really process what was going on. The virtual learning has been impacted the mental health, and on top of that Read more…
Thailand sex workers are the forgotten victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since March this year, the government has forcefully shut the nightlight entertainment venues down to prevent the spread of the virus – leaving the estimated 200,000 – 300,000 sex workers without earnings. Because selling sex services are illegal in Read more…
The Covid-19 pandemic poses a significant challenge for the education system in Cambodia, a country where internet penetration stood at only 58 percent as of January this year. The effectiveness of distance learning as the common teaching practice amid pandemic is undone by the inequality of internet access between urban Read more…
Vietnamese have found spaces for free expression tightened even further by the enactment of a draconian cybersecurity law at the start of this year. The law has given Vietnam government additional authority to surveil its own citizens, to censor contents on the internet, and to suspend online newspapers. Social media, Read more…
The Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated the culture of hate against ethnic minorities and migrants in Malaysia. After years of having to endure the Malay supremacist that systematically excludes them from political and economic activities in varying degrees, minorities and migrants in Malaysia have now been blamed for the coronavirus outbreak. Read more…
Ahead of the general election in November, the human rights situations in Myanmar are worsening. The government has continued to impose mobile internet blackouts in such turbulent states as Chin and Rakhine to silence dissent, leaving more than a million people without online network connections. Meanwhile, the democratically elected government Read more…
Internet freedom in Indonesia has been experiencing a downward trend for three years, as indicated by the country’s scores on the latest Freedom House’s report. Repeated restrictions on internet connectivity during protests and targeted attacks on activists as well as journalists have been cited as the reasons for this declining Read more…