Fireside Chat: digital repression and resistance in East and Southeast Asia
Channel: Access Now
Date: 2022-06-07

Join Chung Ching Kwong and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul in conversation with facilitator Aye Min Thant for a fireside chat on the chilling effect of transnational repression and digital authoritarianism in Southeast and East Asia. As dissidents in repressive contexts and activists in exile, speakers will explore the far-reaching consequences of surveillance, censorship, and threat of violence and harassment, and tactics to advocate and build coalitions across borders.

Speakers:
Glacier Kwong, Digital and Political Activist from Hong Kong, Hong Kong Democracy Council
Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, Thai Pro-Democracy Activist; Leader, United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration

Hosted by:
Aye Min Thant, Features Editor, Frontier Myanmar