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FREE

Event Synopsis: Free is an engrossing memoir of coming of age amid great political upheaval. With acute insight and wit, Lea Ypi traces the limits of progress and the burden of the past, illuminating…

From  Ms Ann SHEN _ 0 likes 49 plays

Decline of Liberal Democracy and the Rise of China: Has ASEAN given in to the temptation?

From  Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ 0 likes 69 plays

Somsavat Lengsavad

Somsavat Lengsavad is Deputy Prime Minister of Laos. He joined the People's Revolutionary Movement as a combatant in 1961 and his efforts to liberate and unite Laos found him in government…

From  Cheryl Sy DELOS SANTOS 0 likes 41 plays

Ko Ko Gyi

Myanmar democracy activist Ko Ko Gyi spent a total of 17 years in prison for his political beliefs. First detained for his involvement in student protests in 1989, he was eventually released in 2012,…

From  Cheryl Sy DELOS SANTOS 0 likes 57 plays

Goenawan Mohamad

Goenawan Mohamad is the founder of Indonesia's Tempo magazine and a leading voice of democracy in the country. As founding editor, Mr Goenawan had to make the tough call of whether to continue…

From  Cheryl Sy DELOS SANTOS 0 likes 27 plays

Chea Vannath

Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Chea Vannath fled Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge attempted to arrest her husband. She returned to her homeland twelve years later and began working to help heal her war-torn…

From  Cheryl Sy DELOS SANTOS 0 likes 31 plays