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The brave women defending human rights
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/11/2017
» When British photographer Luke Duggleby earlier this year exhibited his photographs on human rights defenders killed for standing up for their rights, few women were represented.
Understanding the Orang Asli
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/09/2017
» They are often referred to as sakai, or slave. To most central Thais, they are known as ngoh, like the rambutan fruit, a derogatory term that refers to their curly hair. But besides that -- and besides being featured in well-known literature -- the people from the Orang Asli community are little known to the wider public. This is despite the 150,000 Orang Asli tribe members -- according to the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns -- still living in the Malay Peninsula.