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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
On Democracy Now!: A Tale of Two Ongoing Genocides in Israel and Myanmar
Over the decades since its founding in 1948, Israel has succeeded in establishing a vast ecosystem of very elaborate, inventive and evolving genocidal methods. In a very clear breach of the Genocide Convention, Israel has subjected different sub-populations of Palestinian peoples to this system of depopulating historic Palestine with the singular purpose of making all occupied territories Jewish Majority.
Hindu and Buddhist Prayers Shared in Interfaith Prayer Vigil at the Gaza Border
Reshare of Press Release from Hindus for Human Rights: [Location: Kerem Shalom Crossing, Gaza-Israel Border, August 29, 2024] Hindu and Buddhist prayers were included in the Interfaith Prayer Vigil held today at the Kerem Shalom Crossing, where representatives from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and other faith communities gathered to demand an immediate ceasefire, an arms embargo, and a free Palestine.
HYPOCRISY
Dr Mahathir Mohammad, former prime minister of Malaysia, condemns the United States of America for its continuing direct involvement in, and profiting from, Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and settlerist violence in all the Occupied Territories of Palestine.