Myanmar’s military rulers present the recent election as a “democratic transition”, but increasing repression and mass political arrests expose the real face of a brutal authoritarian regime
India denies bail to student activists held under anti-terror laws, Bangladesh suspends visa services in India, Southasia Weekly's 100th issue and more
Ground reporting of the 2025-26 election reveals that voters only hope for a slight lifting of the military’s boot in a race with virtually no political opposition
A suite of repressive laws make the outcome of Myanmar’s 2025–26 general election a foregone conclusion, but the public and the international community are unlikely to accept the result as the ruling military junta desperately seeks legitimacy
As the Spring Revolution approaches its fifth year, Ma Thida, one of Myanmar’s foremost activists and intellectuals, reflects on the country’s political trajectory leading up to and beyond the 2021 military coup – and the people’s enduring fight for democracy
Bangladesh does not want to invest in the Rohingya community in the long term, and wants to avoid giving them rights or any pathway to citizenship, says the journalist and filmmaker
