To Engage or Not To Engage with Myanmar’s Criminal Rulers: That Strange Feeling of Déjà Vu in ASEAN-Myanmar Affairs

On Thailand’s red carpeted reception of Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing, FORSEA’s Myanmar co-founder Maung Zarni offers his seasoned perspective.

/ August 12, 2026

Former Malaysian FM Dato’ Sri Saifuddin calls on the Anwar Government to address rising concerns regarding the refoulment of Rohingya refugees from Malaysia to Myanmar (ruled by the genocidal military)

*Statement by Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, Member of Parliament for Indera Mahkota and former Foreign Minister of Malaysia (3 August 2026)*

/ August 3, 2026

The Rohingya’s hope of survival turns into a petition for “removal”

A petition calling for their removal highlights how a stateless people remains caught between conflict, migration, and political frustration.

/ July 4, 2026

Myanmar’s Youth & Rohingyas Die in the Country’s Multifront Conflicts and Ongoing Genocide

Today’s youth in Myanmar, of all ethnicities and faith-based communities, are forced to abandon their dreams and aspirations of a peaceful country where they could chart their own life course. Needless to say, the Rohingya ethnic community that survived the 2016 and 2017 waves of genocidal violence in Western Myanmar continue to fare worst in the country’s un-ending wars and violence.

/ July 3, 2026

The False Hope of American Support for Myanmar Democracy vs. Political Realism of Asian Giants: The Two Interviews

Based on his decades of pro-sanctions activism internationally, FORSEA’s Dr Maung Zarni offers a brutally honest reflection on the futile Western dependency of anti-junta movements in his native country.

/ June 18, 2026

Scholar-Activist Group, FORSEA, Condemns the joint US-Israel Destruction of Iran’s Reservoirs as an Act of Genocide

Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia or FORSEA, a network of scholars and activists with roots in or concern for Southeast Asia unequivocally condemns the joint US-Israel attack on the civilian infrastructure, specifically the two reservoirs in Bamani district in Southern Iran.

/ June 11, 2026

Stop Athleticide. Stop Scholasticide.

Irish Sport for Palestine and Belfast Friends of Birzeit demand an end to the impunity enjoyed by Israel in its continuing and intentional destruction of the foundations of the Palestinian national community across the occupied territories.

/ June 7, 2026

VHP-linked Hindu Temple in Manchester Lists Event “Sponsored by Bajrangdal”

An email from the Gita Bhavan Hindu Temple brings far-right Hindu organising in the UK into question.

/ June 2, 2026

A child of genocide-survivor parents, this Rohingya refugee in Canada believes in and acts on Never Again!

Rohingya human rights activist, former refugee and veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces detailed the abuses he was subjected to by Israel’s elite naval commandos and Israeli prison guards, in his 20-minutes recorded interview with FORSEA in Istanbul.

/ May 27, 2026