Centre news

SEAFORB Emerges As A Key Platform for Rights-based Religious Freedom Advocates
With the 9th Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief (SEAFORB) Conference, which took place from 27 – 28 November 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Network continues to serve as

National Convening on Climate Disinformation in India: Subverting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) rights in India are being subverted and this is aided by climate disinformation. This was the thrust of the findings communicated at the national convening that reviewed

Asia Centre Delivers Digital Security Training in Bangladesh
From 10 to 16 November 2025, Asia Centre, in collaboration with educational institutes, civil society organisations and media groups, conducted a series of Digital Security Trainings for End Beneficiaries (DST-EB)

Asia Centre Delivers Digital Security Training in Timor-Leste
From 23 to 28 October 2025, Asia Centre delivered a series of training sessions in Timor-Leste aimed at strengthening digital security and raising awareness on online safety. Supported by Google

Asia Centre Advances Human Rights Collaboration in Denmark
Between October and November 2025, Dr. James Gomez led Asia Centre’s engagements in Denmark to solidify existing partnerships and forge new ones. The focus was on building collaboration around human

Asia Centre Advances Democratic Resilience at TAEF’s Inaugural Indo-Pacific Think Tank Summit
On 8 October 2025, Kartini Sunityo, Partnership Manager at Asia Centre, represented the Centre at the inaugural New Southbound Policy+ (NSP+) Think Tank Summit on “Prospects for a Resilient Indo-Pacific

Indigenous Peoples’ Identity Key To Counter Climate Change
The negation of Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) identities by climate disinformation in Thailand hampers their ability to counter climate change. Given that much of climate disinformation is disseminated via the country’s

Asia Centre Strengthens Democratic Ties in South Korea
On 30 September 2025, Asia Centre extended its reach into East Asia, with a symbolic presence in Seoul, South Korea. This marks a significant step in expanding and strengthening the

Asia Centre’s Digital Security Training in Kolkata
From 8 to 10 September 2025, Asia Centre’s representative – Mr. Sanjay Gathia, the programme manager – conducted a series of Digital Security Trainings (DST) in collaboration with partner institutions

Asia Centre Brings Digital Security Training to Delhi
In early September 2025, Delhi, India, Asia Centre representatives – Dr. James Gomez, the regional director, and Mr. Sanjay Gathia, the programme manager, conducted a series of Digital Security Trainings

The Asia Foundation: Balancing Innovation and Inclusion in the AI Era
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform governance in Southeast Asia, but the uneven distribution of its benefits risks exacerbating inequality, disrupting labour markets and placing additional stress on

International IDEA: Strengthening Democracy Through Ethical and Inclusive AI
Artificial intelligence (AI)’s growing role in shaping elections, governance and civic participation presents both opportunities for democratic transparency, but at the same time, challenges of authoritarian misuse. To safeguard democratic

10th International Conference (2025) AI and Governance in Asia: Civil Society, Democracy and Media
The discourse on AI governance has been dominated by governments and the private sector, leaving civil society sidelined. To build genuine AI Public–Private–People Partnerships, civil society organisations need to be

Climate Disinformation Brought Into Focus In Cambodia
Initial findings from “Climate Disinformation in Cambodia: Undermining Indigenous Peoples’ Agency”, the first of seven reports, was discussed on 8 August 2025, with approximately 40 representatives from civil society organisations

Asia Centre AI Hub: Supporting CSOs’ Digital Transformation
Unlike their prominent role in leveraging social media for advocacy in the early 2000s, human rights-based civil society organisations (CSOs) are now sidelined in discussions dominated by governments and technology
