The landscape of international criminal law and regional diplomacy in Southeast Asia underwent a seismic shift in April 2026 after a coalition of Rohingya survivors and prominent Indonesian human rights defenders submitted a criminal file to the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office against Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hliang over alleged genocide of the Rohingya people.

FORUM-ASIA strongly condemns the acid attack against Indonesian human rights defender Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of KontraS, in Jakarta on 12 March 2026.

In the Dieng Plateau, a highland region in Java, Indonesia, local communities and a state-owned enterprise clashes over a geothermal energy project.

A banner was put up on an overpass in front of Chulalongkorn University on Thursday afternoon (4 September) to express solidarity with Indonesian protesters.

Gasoline and diesel vehicles and factories are conspicuous sources of air pollution in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, but they're not the only ones. In South Sumatra, air pollution worsens during the dry season due to forest fires resulting from slash-and-burn and peatland drainings by companies and farmers looking to clear their land. In response, a group of South Sumatra residents filed a civil lawsuit against three pulpwood plantation companies last August for the chronic smoke haze produced by recurring fires on their concessions.

<p>Veteran journalist Patrice Victor went to Aceh, the only province of Indonesia where Sharia applies, taking you along with a squad of morality police to see how pious, public order is maintained in their ways.</p>

<p>Most of&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3D4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZ0Azcvksdm7RxiDj2FVh-2FETpgvKGqv29taWYIacfxWpfVII_mf60zhLjqRqSKUY5SN9KQWeGTLYwG-2B63B7ovL0VvZX01l95fniFfsFLN-2BFAUziXNTbFYwxhfInwtAxK4iwMbgacWCjr2hRk85XfEZ-2FIZo-2Bl-2Bkjx50ZIPJ2atTOoP7uqQQrCD9oMHBQfoeSwDwpSmXUhj1TM3kQiD8Nz1AUlheyBCEhVc0yrocytQ9v0lZCQMWnnR-2FauHi9vgbGgTszSN-2FoPHPtnervrQXgStuBECLOGWMwxt9e7DoidXSaNZskK9n8b219HoyG56mijxuZXHGtSsoOz2cs7VX-2BE6uXF8ZAf6xV6KQqch1HJAHdy8ao0XxPsOs287TQzL3J86-2FyVyOw-3D-3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1658474257731000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xtbHrAzYwY8kn95fRDl0H" href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZ0Azcvksdm7RxiDj2FVh-2FETpgvKGqv29taWYIacfxWpfVII_mf60zhLjqRqSKUY5SN9KQWeGTLYwG-2B63B7ovL0VvZX01l95fniFfsFLN-2BFAUziXNTbFYwxhfInwtAxK4iwMbgacWCjr2hRk85XfEZ-2FIZo-2Bl-2Bkjx50ZIPJ2atTOoP7uqQQrCD9oMHBQfoeSwDwpSmXUhj1TM3kQiD8Nz1AUlheyBCEhVc0yrocytQ9v0lZCQMWnnR-2FauHi9vgbGgTszSN-2FoPHPtnervrQXgStuBECLOGWMwxt9e7DoidXSaNZskK9n8b219HoyG56mijxuZXHGtSsoOz2cs7VX-2BE6uXF8ZAf6xV6KQqch1HJAHdy8ao0XxPsOs287TQzL3J86-2FyVyOw-3D-3D" target="_blank">Indonesia&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;provinces and dozens of cities and regencies impose discriminatory and abusive dress codes on women and girls, Human Rights Watch said on 21 July. The harmful impact of these regulations is evident in the personal accounts of Indonesian women &ndash; as schoolgirls, teachers, doctors, and the like.</p>

<p>Thai Embassies have issued warnings to Thai people about taking cannabis and hemp into Indonesia and Vietnam, where penalties include fines, life imprisonment and capital punishment.</p>

<p>Amnesty International calls on ASEAN member states to&nbsp;prioritise protecting the human rights of people in Myanmar and prevent the situation deteriorating into a human rights and humanitarian crisis and to investigate&nbsp;Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on credible allegations of responsibility for crimes against humanity in Myanmar.</p>

<p>The Government of Indonesia should ensure the protection of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression and halt law enforcement from using excessive force at protests against the recently passed Omnibus Law, said the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development and eight of its member organisations in Indonesia.</p>

<p>If the face is the mirror of a soul, then what should reflect one’s who is or is believed to be in trance or possessed by spirits? The exhibition to be held on 18-25 February at SEA Junction is an attempt by the photographer Eva Rapoport to find answers to this question.</p>

<p>This year is the 50th anniversary of the coup that led to the deaths of an estimated 500,000-3 million, one of the worst episodes of violence in the post-World War II world. Today, few have been held responsible for the killings, which remain a rarely discussed and barely understood topic in now nominally Democratic Indonesia.</p> <p>As Thailand enters its second year under its own military dictatorship – one that shows no signs of leaving - here are some lessons and warning signs from its Southern neighbor.</p>