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Featured articles from FORSEA contributors.
AFTERNOON SESSION 1: THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE OF FORSEA
News, updates, photo and video from the first afternoon session of the inaugural conference of FORSEA: Democracy Fest 2019, Kuala Lumpur, February 16, 2019.
MORNING SESSION: THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE OF FORSEA
All the news and updates from the morning session of the inaugural conference of FORSEA: Democracy Fest 2019, Kuala Lumpur
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCES
The meaning of ART FOR ALL is something that's not merely to be enjoyed for its aesthetic beauty alone, but the messages conveyed, the very foundation of the works, can act as a guide towards the betterment of society.
CONFERENCE CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN MALAYSIA
Three generations of rights activists, democrats and artists from across Southeast Asia to gather in Kuala Lumpur, February 13 to 17, 2019, to celebrate Malaysia’s democratic revival and promote democracy and human rights for all.
SOFT LAUNCH OF DEMOCRACY FEST
At the Soft Launch of Democracy Fest on February 8, 2019, 11 doves were released to symbolise the 11 countries that make up Southeast Asia.
NEWS ON THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF FORSEA
On February 16, 2019 at FORSEA’s official launch in Kuala Lumpur, we will welcome the reformist Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Mohamad as keynote speaker, and there will be pre-recorded remarks on democracy, human rights and international politics by Noam Chomsky.
POLITICISED THAI CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
บทบาททางการเมืองของศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ: อาจารย์ธีระ สุธีวรางกูล จากคณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
ANOTHER ELECTION DELAY WOULD KILL THAILAND’S DEMOCRACY
One hopes that elections will actually be held this time around. Failure by the government to keep to the recently announced date could lead to political instability.
VIDEO: PRAJAK KONGKIRATI on the THAI ELECTIONS 2019
In a FORSEA exclusive, Dr Prajak Kongkirati from Bangkok's Thammasat University, speaks about Thailand's military government and its inherent distain of the democratic process as upcoming polls loom for the country.
OF KING, SEX, & ABDICATION
Sultan Mohammad V could have diffused the controversy if he had taken the path of another Constitutional Monarch, England’s King Edward VIII who abdicated in 1936 and walked into the horizon for “love.”