Report: Southeast Asian parliamentarians face threats of reprisals, harassment


by Radio Free Asia

Radio Free Asia— Parliamentarians across Southeast Asia, especially those from Myanmar, suffered from rights violations in 2023.

The Independent—‘It’s dehumanising’: Female gamers facing sexual harassment, rape threats and misogyny online. New survey of female gamers in UK and US finds half have received some sort of abuse

Phys.org—The academic sleuth facing death threats and ingratitude. Lonni Besançon devotes evenings and weekends to rarely appreciated sanitation work. By examining scientific articles after they are published and exposing shortcomings, he has made himself an enemy of both researchers and publishers. It has gone so far that death threats have become commonplace for him.

NBC Connecticut—Reported threat prompts lockdown at Capitol building. Police are actively searching for a person at the state capitol building that is reportedly “looking to do harm,” and the building is currently locked down, according to authorities. Capitol police told NBC Connecticut that they received a phone call at 3:20 p.m. from the Hartford Police Department about a possible emotionally disturbed person at the capitol. The person told