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We’re pleased to share Signals from the Streets: Civic Resistance and Democratic Trajectories in Asia — a new regional overview examining youth-led movements across Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, Mongolia, and the Philippines. Across very different contexts, these movements reveal similar pressures around governance, accountability, and the future — and raise important questions about how democracy is […]

In July 2024, protests erupted in Bangladesh, demanding a fair and non-discriminatory recruitment system for government jobs. These protests were primarily led by educated youth who had suffered from high unemployment for years due to a lack of decent job opportunities. In response, the government, led by Sheikh Hasina, launched a week-long crackdown that resulted […]

We are pleased to invite you to the sixth and final webinar in our series on Bangladesh, co-organized by the Asia Democracy Network (ADN) and the Sydney Policy Analysis Centre (SPAC). Webinar Title: Future of Democratic Transition and Reforms: Youth’s Perspectives in Bangladesh Date: July 18, 2025Time: 0900 GMTDuration: 75 minutesRegister here: https://bit.ly/Banglaweb6 With the […]

Date: June 24, 2025 | 1pm Korea Standard Time Where: Streamed Live on ANFREL Youtube, Facebook, LinkedIn Channels (Link Below) Speakers: Sohee Yang, VALID Korea Brizza Rosales, ANFREL Co-Moderators: Manjesh Rana, ANFREL Soo Suh, ADN Co-Organized by ANFREL and ADN South Korea’s snap presidential election on 3 June 2025—held in the wake of Former President […]

BANGKOK, Thailand (22 May 2025) – The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemn the Hong Kong Government’s latest amendments to its national security law, gravely escalating its assault on human rights, civil liberties,  rule of law, and autonomy. ADN and FORUM-ASIA call on the Hong […]

Indonesia is at a democratic crossroads. On March 20, 2025, the Prabowo Subianto administration passed a revision of the military law that significantly expands the military’s role in civilian affairs, marking a potential return to the authoritarian practices of the Suharto era. Civil society groups, legal scholars, and international observers warn that this shift undermines […]