All posts by FORSEA

Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia welcomes Mireille Fanon Mendes France as a comrade to its board

Dr Mireille Fanon Mendes France is a well-known jurist, militant and activist on international law issues. She has served as a United Nations expert on the issues of institutional and structural racism, with particular reference to people of African descent and Africans.

/ March 12, 2025

It is happening there! Trump USA & Its Dark Consequences for Asia, Europe and Palestine

Twenty-one distinguished scholars, analysts and activists from eleven countries on four continents will share their analyses on how the new Fascist-like policies and reactionary changes which Trump-Vance-Musk oligarchy is pursuing are resulting in the devastating consequences for the world’s peoples and communities, as well as international law, norms and institutions.

/ March 5, 2025

Trump and Modi’s relationship headed for tougher times?

If India was hoping to get a bit of Trumpian indulgence because of the past bonding between the two similar-minded leaders and due to India’s strategic utility against China, it was in for a disappointment.

/ March 2, 2025

Thailand Political Landscape and Trends in 2025: Stagnation, Suppression, and Status Quo

In this succinct overview of the state of affairs in his native Thailand in 2025, Jaran Ditapichai, the famed revolutionary and scholar exiled in France, connects the dots among his country's weakened democratic demands from below, the strengthening conservative forces in Thai society, economy and polity, and the lack of concerns among the Thai public in the international affairs.

/ February 22, 2025

Myanmar’s 77th Independence Anniversary Amid Political Tensions and Armed Conflicts

On the 77th anniversary of its independence from Britain, Myanmar, under military rule, continues to face political tensions, instability, and armed conflicts.

/ January 15, 2025

Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia (FORSEA) expands its board and scope to work on both regional and global causes of universal human concerns

Northern Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, the famed Malaysia dissident Hishamudin Rais, noted genocide scholar Professor Penny Green of Queen Mary University of London and several other international activists join the FORSEA board.

/ December 20, 2024

Action Alert: Free Khurram Parvez, Kashmiri Human Rights Defender

We request you to actively participate in the #FreeKhurramParvez campaign to maximize visibility and international pressure on Indian authorities.

/ November 23, 2024

“For Khurram, you choose to fight – A poem and poetry reading by Ather Zia”: A FORSEA solidarity post

In this post, FORSEA aims to call attention to one of the longest state-organized settler colonial projects, Kashmir’s repression at the hands of the Hindutva (internally Hindu Fascist) India.

/ November 16, 2024

Study & fight Hindu Supremacy: Activists & researchers fighting toxic Hindu Supremacy movement, rooted in Modi’s India but with ties to Far Right in Trump’s USA

A FORSEA post in solidarity with the anti-Hindutva and anti-caste activists and researchers in the United States.

/ November 8, 2024

Citizenship and Genocide Cards: IDs, Statelessness and Rohingya Resistance in Myanmar

Natalie Brinham's book draws on Rohingya oral histories and narratives about Myanmar’s genocide and ID schemes to critique prevailing international approaches to legal identities and statelessness.

/ October 25, 2024