Category: Events

News on past and upcoming FORSEA events.


Genocide & Resistance

Genocide & Resistance Public Event: Thursday 31 August, 6:30pm; Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD

/ August 29, 2023

Refugee insecurities: How nation-states force persecuted minorities to become stateless

Forsea co-founder to speak on how states & their inter-state system, make populations such as Rohingya "stateless": Hybrid Event, Monash University, Melbourne, 31 August, 2023

/ August 29, 2023

Webinar: Arbitrary Detention and other Humanitarian Challenges Faced by Rohingya Refugees

Maung Zarni will join an international group of distinguished human rights researchers and defenders including Rohingya refugee activists from India, Thailand and New Zealand.

/ August 17, 2023

An Asia-Pacific NATO: Fanning the Flames of War

A SHAPE international webinar co-sponsored by FORSEA: This webinar will explore the rising militarism in the Asia Pacific region and the threat it poses to regional and global security. The webinar will go beyond analysis. It will offer creative ideas on what can be done to avert a major disaster, moving the Asia-Pacific region from from confrontation to cooperative coexistence.

/ June 29, 2023

Attacks on Lawyers: Post-Coup Myanmar and the Philippines under the Duterte and Marcos Leaderships

Watch live: FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles Series with guest Gill H. Boehringer, Honorary Senior Research Fellow and former Dean at Macquarie University Law School, Sydney, & Co-Chair of the Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers of the International Association of People’s Lawyers.

/ June 16, 2023

The Impact of the 2021 Military Coup on Myanmar’s Religious Minorities and Freedom of Religion

In the upcoming episode of our dialogue series on Democratic Struggles, FORSEA and Asia Center are co-hosting an hour-long discussion on the impact of 2021 MILITARY COUP, specifically on the country's religious – and also ethnic – Minorities in Myanmar.

/ June 8, 2023

Myanmar Air Strikes against Civilians as Acts of Terrorism

How Should ASEAN Deal with a Member State’s Military Turning Terrorist? On 21 February, FORSEA hosts the first dialogue LIVE on the subject of a national armed forces resorting to targeted, precision airstrikes against civilian populations at home.

/ February 17, 2023

The 21st Century Coups, Fake News, & Far-Right Insurrections: Bolsonarism in Brazil

Join host Maung Zarni and guest Eraldo Souza dos Santos for the first of the FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles Series for 2023.

/ January 12, 2023

After Mussolini: A Warning Against Future Proto-Fascisms & the Far Right’s Threat to Humanity & the Environment

YouTube Public Discussion: 17 November 2022 (11 am – 3 pm GMT/UK). Noam Chomsky's pre-recorded overview of proto-Fascisms and their threat to organised life on the planet. Format – Roundtable. Join 30 Anti-Fascist scholars, activists & musicians from 15 different countries and 4 continents.

/ November 8, 2022

Singapore: The Shelter for Myanmar Junta’s Arms Dealers, Drug Lords, and Cronies

Watch live: FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles Series with guest James Gomez, PhD., Director of the Asia Center, Southeast Asia.

/ October 22, 2022