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Indonesia’s most populous province is set to go the polls in what’s shaping up as a test of President Joko Widodo’s popularity and a potential springboard for his rivals ahead of next year’s presidential election. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/jokowi-s-battle-for-indonesian-presidency-begins-with-local-poll |
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The former president of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Kem Sokha, was awarded the Asian Human Rights Peace Prize last week by the National Council of Churches of Korea for his efforts to promote human rights and democracy in Cambodia. https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-opposition-leader-kem-sokha-wins-south-korean-human-rights-award |
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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to “constrain” China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island’s giant neighbour as a global threat to democracy. https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/taiwans-tsai-urges-world-stand-china-afp-interview-doc-16l04e1 |
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Myanmar State Counselor and chairperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would not defend any individual or organization in the country that violated human rights, said Monywa Aung Shin, secretary of the NLD’s information committee. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/nld-will-not-defend-human-rights-violators.html |
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Malaysia’s Gerakan party has become the latest party to exit the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which was ousted from power after a stunning loss at the country’s May 9 general election. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/gerakan-to-leave-malaysias-ousted-barisan-nasional-coalition |
| WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Week of 23 – 29 of June 2018 CAMBODIA CNRP Lawmakers Not Allowed to Visit Banned Party’s Political Prisoners HONG KONG MALAYSIA Post-GE14 exposés on BN graft sped Gerakan’s exit, says party veteran MYANMAR |
PHILIPPINES Robredo: Liberal Party, former ruling party, open to include Sereno in Senate slate June 29, 2018 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/06/29/1829057/robredo-liberal-party-former-ruling-party-open-include-sereno-senate-slate Robredo: Don’t trust strongman politics TAIWAN THAILAND |
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