A gas station in #Cambodia has a bizarre array of likely trafficked wildlife on display, including species listed as endangered by IUCN Red List & regulated by CITES - but this case reflects the impunity and confusion that reigns in Cambodia on this issue
news.mongabay.com/2024/03/impuni…

“ #Myanmar ’s resistance is one of the most successful anti-authoritarian movements the world has ever seen,” write our Nang Raw and Billy Ford on the popular response to the coup regime. usip.org/publications/2…

Head inland from some of Australia’s most iconic beaches and you’ll find “heat islands” in Sydney’s densely built western suburbs, where the dangers of climate change are amplified. nyti.ms/3RTII90

Filipino authorities are trying to silence activists by publicly accusing them of being communist insurgents – leading to abductions, disappearances and murders.

New piece for SBS Dateline

'The kanji symbolises the genocide of our people' – how a simple rice dish became a Tamil symbol of resistance in Sri Lanka

Great piece by Pallavi Pundir (she/her)

eater.com/24012360/sri-l…

New arrest warrants issued by police in China’s Jiangxi province for 15 individuals involved in scamming, forced prostitution, human trafficking, drugs and other crimes in Northern Myanmar: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ncZx3cWZ92CC….

Residents of the Gaza Strip have long endured hardship, but amid their struggle, many enjoyed aspects of a ‘normal’ life. Three current and former residents remember what life used to be like in the tiny enclave.

Read here trib.al/a681Pnm

Anti-junta forces are crippling Myanmar's military regime by severing key trade routes with China – but on the ground, Burmese civilians are also feeling the pinch.

Recent piece for Myanmar Now

myanmar-now.org/en/news/civili…

More than 440 bodies, mostly those of civilians, were burned by ruling junta forces across Myanmar between March 2022 and September 2023, according to a report by a U.K.-based nonprofit group dedicated to exposing human rights abuses and war crimes.

INTERVIEW: ‘Operation 1027 is not limited to northern Shan State’ – BPLA leader Maung Saungkha
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Maung Saungkha, a poet and the leader of a mostly Bamar armed group fighting alongside the Brotherhood Alliance, hopes to extend the sweeping anti-junta…

As escalating conflict between Myanmar’s military regime and its opponents wreaks bloodshed across the northeast, China has found itself straddling 2 seemingly incompatible positions: one calling for peace, the other preparing for war
Gavin Butler myanmar-now.org/en/news/as-mya…

China's influencer market is booming & foreigners are getting in on the action.

While many avoid politics, a growing cadre, tempted by traffic, profits & plaudits are aligning their content to CCP-approved narratives.

A 🧵 on the foreign vlogger to CCP propagandist pipeline.