This article examines Malaysia’s new refugee registration system and the privacy concerns surrounding biometric data collection. It highlights risks for refugees and asylum seekers, including surveillance, weak legal safeguards, detention fears, and the need for transparent refugee protection laws.

This article examines the worsening press freedom situation across the Asia-Pacific region, where many countries are classified as “difficult” or “very serious” for journalists. It highlights legal harassment, censorship, imprisonment, SLAPPs, and the growing use of law as a tool to suppress independent journalism.

This article examines Ibaraki Prefecture’s reward system for reporting undocumented foreign workers and its potential human rights impact. It highlights concerns that the program may encourage xenophobia, malicious reporting, and social division while making vulnerable migrant workers less likely to seek help from exploitation or abuse.