An Indonesian wildlife trader, who was caught trying to sell an infant orangutan, has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined ten million Indonesian rupiah (about 750 US$) in Medan, […]
Indonesian wildlife trafficker jailed for two years
Illegal fires blaze through Indonesian forests
Forest fires are burning on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and in parts of Indonesian Borneo, causing untold damage to an already fragile environment and wreaking havoc with people’s health. There are […]
Peatland destruction ‘could cause devastating floods and socio-economic disaster’
Vast areas of Southeast Asia will be frequently and irreversibly flooded before the end of the century if action is not taken to stop the destruction of tropical peatlands, a new study […]
Horror and injustice on death row – congress delegates call for abolition
Delegates at the Asian regional conference on the death penalty have issued a declaration calling on Asian countries that still implement capital punishment to work towards abolition and impose a moratorium on […]
Asia congress delegates call for an end to death penalty
Hundreds of anti-death penalty activists are gathered for a two-day Asian regional conference in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. The first day’s plenary session focused on capital punishment in drugs cases and […]
New York judge hears case on rights of research chimpanzees
The case of two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who are being used for biomedical research in the United States, went before the New York County Supreme Court in Manhattan yesterday (Wednesday) in […]
Living in the gas fields: a rural nightmare
John Jenkyn and his family moved from Australia’s Sunshine Coast to the Western Downs for the peace and quiet. Jenkyn’s 22-year-old son, Aaron, has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He has a weakened immune […]
Abolitionists keep the spotlight on the death penalty in Southeast Asia
The execution of eight people in Indonesia in April heightened debate about the death penalty, not only in Southeast Asia. Seven of those executed were foreigners – two Australians, a Brazilian, a […]
Chimpanzees’ legal champion spreads his message in Australia
Two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who are being used for biomedical research at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, hit the headlines in April this year when Manhattan Supreme Court […]
Brisbane’s 19th Buddha Birth Day Festival draws thousands to the South Bank parklands
“Think Good Thoughts, Speak Good Words, and Take Good Actions.” Brisbane’s 2015 Buddha Birth Day Festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people, enlivened the city’s South Bank with parades and multi-cultural entertainment, […]
Orangutan rescue teams confront danger, cruelty, and illegality
Profile of Panut Hadisiswoyo, who has just won the 2015 Whitley Award for Conservation in Ape Habitats, and the Orangutan Information Centre in Medan, Sumatra. “By saving orangutans, we are saving the […]
Sumatran environmentalist wins Whitley Fund for Nature award
The director of the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Sumatra, Panut Hadisiswoyo, has won a prestigious Whitley Fund for Nature award. The Princess Royal presented Hadisiswoyo with the 2015 Whitley Award for […]
ASEAN groups plead for clemency for Filipina maid as executions loom in Indonesia
Women’s groups and representatives of other civil society organisations have appealed to the Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to spare the life of Filipina single mother Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, who is […]
Sumatran elephant found dead and mutilated in Aceh
A Sumatran elephant has been found dead and mutilated in Indonesia’s Aceh province. The animal had its tusks removed and appeared to have gunshot wounds. The chief of the Aceh Natural Resources […]
Indonesian rescue team evacuates another orangutan stranded amidst oil palms
A team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Medan, Sumatra, has rescued yet another orangutan marooned in a tiny patch of forest surrounded by oil palms. The rescue was carried out […]
Malaysia toughens up Sedition Act with new amendments
The lower house of the Malaysian parliament has passed amendments to the 1948 Sedition Act that have been condemned by lawyers and human rights organisations as a further assault on fundamental liberties. […]
Anti-terrorism Bill in Malaysia reintroduces indefinite detention without trial
The lower house of the Malaysian parliament has passed a controversial anti-terrorism Bill, which the government says is needed to combat the threat from Islamic extremists, but critics say is a grievous […]
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar faces nine sedition charges
The Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, better known as Zunar, has been released on bail after being charged with nine counts of sedition for allegedly insulting the judiciary in tweets about the […]
Fries, face wash, and forests: new scorecard ranks companies on palm oil commitments
Packaged food manufacturers and some companies producing personal care products are progressing in their efforts to source deforestation-free palm oil, but there are many laggards in other sectors, according to a new […]
Outrage grows as Malaysian journalists are arrested over article about Islamic law
Outrage is growing in Malaysia over the continued wave of arrests, which has now extended to the media. Three editors from The Malaysian Insider (TMI) news portal were arrested yesterday, and executives […]
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