In the run up to this year’s elections, Indonesia’s politicians would have you believe that religious freedom is not a problem for the world’s largest Muslim population country. Endy Bayuni reports
Hoping to use culture to battle Pakistan’s slide into “Talibanisation”, the son of Benazir Bhutto kicked off a two-week-long arts festival on 1 February. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
The Chinese Communist Party continues to develop expansive legal and political frameworks that repress the cultural and religious freedoms of its Uyghur population in Xinjiang province. Ahmed W Khan reports
India’s laws and controls over its massive collection, storage and use of biometric data are hugely deficient, writes Ram Mashru
Peshwar University found itself at the centre of a controversy surrounding the launch of I Am Malala when police refused to provide security for the event. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
The new CEO of India’s censor board has described his objection to some of India’s recent blockbusters based on the reactions of his wife and five year old daughter. Mahima Kaul reports
New report from the International Federation of Journalists slams “continued deterioration of press freedoms”
An increase in kidnappings of Hindu girls who are then coerced to embrace Islam and forced to marry has raised concerns in Pakistan, Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Three men working for a TV station were last week killed by the Taliban in Karachi. Now Pakistani journalists are calling on the government to appoint special public prosecutors to investigate the murders of media workers. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Condemning the cold blooded assassination of three media workers belonging to a private television channel, the Pakistani media has united against the culture of impunity that has gripped the country. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Dhaka’s rival political matriarchs must talk to each other for the good of their country, says Samira Shackle
How children are taught about the birth of the nation is a contentious issue for many Koreans, writes Steven Borowiec
