Burmese Leaders Outed Over Alleged Land Grabs
Published on Mar 28, 2015 by Luke Hunt
Swapping military uniforms for business suits has been a long-standing symbol of Myanmar’s half-hearted attempts at normalizing relations with the rest of the world. The catch was how do the generals find social acceptance while legitimizing their wealth at the same time?Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat.
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Cambodia: A Tale of Two HIV Outbreaks
Published on Feb 8, 2015 by Luke Hunt
The HIV outbreak in a small village in the Cambodian countryside continues to grow. But the plight of the victims and their families has gone largely ignored with this country’s leaders doing little to help 226 people inflicted so far with the virus that causes AIDS.The international media and NGO workers have also been relatively silent, particularly when compared with the world health response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa where experimental vaccines are going on trial.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat..
Laos’ Holiday Crackdown
Published on Jan 11, 2015 by Luke Hunt
Governments have a long and dubious history of hiding behind the skirts of religious festivities once decisions are made to carry out undesirable jobs, particularly among the less savory countries where personal freedoms are considered a luxury for the politically connected.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat..
Bangkok tourists caught up in shakedown
Published on Dec 14, 2014 by Luke Hunt
Foreign tourists are calling it the shakedown. A growing number are being stopped, searched and harassed in the main tourist precinct of the Thai capital. Sometimes they are led to a service station toilet and asked to provide a urine sample, supposedly to determine whether they have consumed any illicit drugs.Read more from Lindsay Murdoch in The Age..
Maguindanao Victims Still Await Justice
It was perhaps the greatest crime in the history of journalism. Five years ago 58 people, 32 of them employed in the media, were horribly tortured and executed by gunmen who took their orders from a grimy, precocious warlord named Andal Ampatuan and his bullying son.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat. .
