From August 21st to August 23rd 2024, Asia Centre's 9th Annual International Conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

They state on their website that the conference aims to “convene individuals and organisations researching civic space in Asia, examine methods of resistance and pushback and to evaluate the overall impact on democracy and human rights in Asia.” They further stated that the “conference will revolve around stories of resistance and pushback in defence of civic space in Asia”.

Asia Centre shared a video ahead of the conference on their YouTube-channel:

Asia Centre says furthermore:

In the face of repression, civil society actors have remained resilient in their pursuit of accountability and the restoration of democratic principles as a means to counter shrinking civic spaces. With collective efforts like non-violence resistance and the use of digital media to combat information operations and false information, individuals and organisations strive to protect democratic values, human rights, media freedoms and the rule of law.

As one of the conference's participants as well as speakers, GV's Managing Editor Filip Noubel spoke about Amplifying Diversity in the GV Newsroom: Multilingualism, Decolonization and Local Narratives in Global Voices Daily Practice. Radio Taiwan International, who participaed in the same event as Noubel titled “Restricted Asian Democratic Space: Resistance and Fightback”, published a piece on the session.

Another speaker at the same event was Indigenous activists Mulihay Talus who was interviewed by GV Rising Voices in 2019.