Adam Bemma

  • Cambodia 2018 Election Report: ‘The Crackdown Continues’ – CBC The World this Hour

    PHNOM PENH – July 29, 2018 was Cambodia’s sixth general election since the UN organized the country’s first free and fair elections in 1993. For the last 25 years, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has used elections as a way to legitimize his rule (33 years and counting). In 2017, the main opposition party was dissolved…

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  • Cambodia’s Election Targets Social Media – CBC The World this Weekend

    PHNOM PENH – The government of Cambodia’s new ministerial decree bans “fake news” from social media. Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed police will arrest and prosecute Cambodians spreading false information online – such as members of the banned opposition party’s plan to boycott the July 29th elections: dubbed “the clean finger” campaign. Now it’s…

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  • A Rohingya’s Pursuit for Justice in Myanmar – CBC The World this Weekend

    YANGON –  Wai Wai Nu always wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps – famed Rohingya Muslim politician Kyaw Min – and end the injustice faced by minority groups in Myanmar. Now, at 31, Nu is the country’s most celebrated Rohingya – calling on Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to uphold the rule of law.…

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  • Thailand’s New Media Protest Leader – CBC The World this Weekend

    BANGKOK – Bow Nutta Mahattana wears a cartoon t-shirt mocking Thai Prime Minister, and junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha with a nose like Pinocchio. The 39-year-old mother and teacher is facing a lengthy prison sentence for staging anti-junta protests – and harnessing the power of Facebook Live – to demand elections in Thailand. “The message is…

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  • Malaysia’s Rohingya Network – CBC The World this Weekend

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Rohingya community in Malaysia is trying to help fellow Rohingya who’ve recently fled their homes in Myanmar to live in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Rohingya in Malaysia view themselves as the lucky ones. They’re viewed as illegal migrants, not refugees, but they’re essentially allowed to contribute to society and…

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  • Thailand’s Computer Crimes – CBC The World this Weekend

    BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai netizens are outraged as amendments to the Computer Crime Act came into effect in 2017. It’s meant to take Thailand’s draconian sedition and royal defamation laws online. The current regime has made it a far-reaching act since its inception 10 years ago — targeting its critics online anywhere in the world.…

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  • Hong Kong’s Heritage Heroes – Part Three

    HONG KONG – Heritage Heroes Part Three is the third, and last, part of a documentary on residents fighting to save Hong Kong’s cultural heritage and historic buildings from neglect and, eventual, demolition by local government and property development companies in the world’s most expensive city. The story returns to Hong Kong’s urban explorers, HK…

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  • Hong Kong’s Heritage Heroes – Part Two

    HONG KONG – Heritage Heroes Part Two is the second part of a documentary on residents fighting to save Hong Kong’s cultural heritage and historic buildings from neglect and, eventual, demolition by local government and property development companies in the world’s most expensive city. This part begins at Hong Kong House of Stories in the…

    Adam Bemma

  • Hong Kong’s Heritage Heroes – Part One

    HONG KONG – Heritage Heroes Part One is the first part of a documentary on residents fighting to save Hong Kong’s cultural heritage and historic buildings from neglect and, eventual, demolition by local government and property development companies in the world’s most expensive city. The story begins with Hong Kong’s urban explorers, known as HK…

    Adam Bemma

  • Myanmar’s Youthful Change – CBC The World this Weekend

    YANGON, Myanmar – There has been a transition taking place in this Southeast Asian country since the end of 50 years of military dictatorship in 2012. The first fully democratic elections in 2015 brought Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy to power. But many say Suu Kyi’s government isn’t moving fast enough on human…

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