Massive forest fires are still blazing in Central Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, causing life-threatening levels of pollution, coming dangerously close to the base camp of The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, […]
Delegates at the Asia for Animals conference in Kuching on Malaysian Borneo heard about the horrors of the dog meat trade, the decline in animal populations, and the devastation being caused by […]
In a call to action at the 2015 Asia for Animals conference, the CEO of International Animal Rescue, Alan Knight, urged delegates to call on YouTube and Google to adopt an animal […]
The 2015 Asia for Animals conference began yesterday in Kuching on the island of Borneo, with a packed programme of presentations covering a huge range of issues. More than 300 delegates from […]
The Indonesian and Singaporean governments are taking action against companies accused of being responsible for forest fires that are still raging on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, causing fatalities and untold […]
Large swathes of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo are still blanketed by choking pollution caused by illegal forest burning. The number of haze-related fatalities is difficult to calculate, but deaths are […]
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, Suhakam, has expressed its concern over “the irresponsible and confrontational actions” of certain protesters during Wednesday’s “red shirt” rally in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Suhakam […]
The “red shirt” rally held in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday degenerated into violence when a group of protesters tried to break through police barricades and push their way into the […]
As a choking haze caused by illegal forest fires continues to blanket whole regions of three countries in Southeast Asia, a state of emergency has been declared in two Indonesian provinces, and […]
A choking haze is again blanketing whole regions in three Southeast Asian countries, causing untold damage to people’s health. The pollution is caused by illegal slash-and-burn fires, mostly on the Indonesian island […]
The Paris prosecutor has confirmed that the aircraft wing piece found on Reunion island in the Indian Ocean is from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak, said […]
At least 80,000 people turned out onto the streets of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur today (Saturday) for the first stage of the 34-hour Bersih 4 protest, which went off peacefully. While […]
Malaysians are bracing themselves for Bersih 4. A 34-hour rally is due to start in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon (Saturday), and there will also be demonstrations in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching on […]
Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak, says he has confirmation that the aircraft debris found on Reunion island last week is from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. “Today, 515 days since the […]
Aircraft debris found on Reunion island in the Indian Ocean is being transported to the French city of Toulouse for analysis to find out whether it is from the missing Malaysia Airlines […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
