Emmanuel (Manu) Peni visited Sydney at the invitation of the Jubilee Australia Research Centre, to participate in strategy meetings and discussions with partners and allies about the Save the Sepik campaign and other work on mining and logging in PNG. While in Sydney, Manu also addressed the TEDx Sydney event at the Sydney Town Hall, and spoke at a panel event at the Lowy Institute on natural resource governance in PNG.

Photo: Luke Fletcher (Jubilee Australia), Mubashar Hasan (DTP), Manu Peni and Justine Nolan (DTP Board member)

Tual Sawn Khai argues in Bangkok Post that refugees fleeing persecution from Myanmar must be given jobs in Thailand and Malaysia.

Dewi shares call by MPs to penalise ministers and bureaucrats exploiting recruitment of domestic workers for their financial benefit.

Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna decries court decision that overseas-born children of Malaysian mothers cannot automatically be Malaysian citizens.

Mirza Jahanzeb Beg shares video on the outcomes of the withdrawal of autonomy and the incursion of Indian troops in Kashmir three years ago.

THAILAND NGOs submit call for urgent action to 8 UN Special Rapporteurs to urge Thai authorities to halt forced evictions of Sab Wai villagers, and cancel the villagers’ civil penalties READ MORE

SRI LANKA General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers Union Joseph Stalin arrested in Colombo accused of protest in violation of court order TAKE ACTION

PHILIPPINES Activist and former Vice-Presidential candidate Walden Bello arrested for cyber libel of former staffer of current VP Sara Duterte READ MORE

MALAYSIA Thirteen Bangladeshi migrant workers trafficked into Malaysia and forced to work at a disposable glove company file suit in the U.S. against Australian company Ansell, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation READ MORE

GLOBAL Indigenous leaders launch new site announcing a new coalition to Secure Indigenous People’s Rights in a Green Economy (SIRGE Coalition) READ MORE

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Issue #155 August 2022

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