Regional Overview – Asia 19 February 2018
20 February 2018
Political violence and protests were reported in several countries across South and Southeast Asia last week. Sri Lanka witnessed post-polling violence following the Local Government Elections 2018, the largest election in Sri Lankan history held on February 10, with attacks on rival candidates and their supporters reported from various parts of the country. Nepal saw…
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3 March 2016
In February 2016 ACLED released the first annual dataset of South and Southeast Asia political violence and protest data. This set covers events in 2015 across ten South and Southeast Asian states. 10,195 political violence and protest events are recorded in 2015. ACLED’s team is also working to record historical data from 2010 in Pakistan, India,…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Current Hotspots
- Elections
- Focus On Militias
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Pro-Government Militias
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Nepal: Paving the Way for Reconstruction
25 September 2015
Introduction The powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April 2015 was followed by a series of strong aftershocks that changed the political landscape drastically – at least in the short term. Nine years of protracted political power struggles and negotiations over an overdue constitution were replaced by national and international disaster relief…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Conflict Monitoring
- Elections
- Governance
- Inequality
- Local-Level Violence
- Political Stability
- Rioting And Protests
Targeting Civilians in South and Southeast Asia
17 September 2015
South and Southeast Asian countries have witnessed 561 violent events targeting civilians in 2015 so far. Over half of these events, 293, cannot be verifiably linked to any specific group. Yet the remaining 268 events can be traced to specific rebel groups and political militias. In Bangladesh, the political rivalry between the Bangladesh National Party…
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Conflict Monitoring
- Current Hotspots
- Governance
- Political Stability
- Unidentified Armed Groups
- Violence Against Civilians
ACLED Realtime Asia Data — January – August 30, 2015
14 September 2015
ACLED releases up-to-date Asian conflict data on a monthly basis. The latest data — covering Asian conflict from January through August 2015 — can be found here. (For previous Asian data releases, see earlier posts on the topic.) The latest conflict trend report — covering political violence events in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand,…
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Conflict Monitoring
- Data Management
- Local-Level Violence
- Political Stability
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Unidentified Armed Groups
- Violence Against Civilians
ACLED Real-Time Asia Data From January – May 2015
24 June 2015
ACLED Asia Data from January 1st to May 31st 2015 are available for download here, and are publicly available at https://www.strausscenter.org/strauss-articles/acled-3.html. The latest ACLED Asia Conflict Trends Report offering analysis of the latest data can be accessed here. We will continue to backdate our available data from 2010 for all countries, and will release country…
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Conflict Monitoring
- Current Hotspots
- Data Management
- Political Stability
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
ACLED Realtime Asia Data from January-March 31st 2015
9 April 2015
ACLED Asia has released the most up-to-date version of the Asia data, covering the time period of January to March 2015. The data covers eleven states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. The data for January to March is now available here.
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10 March 2015
ACLED Asia will release monthly real-time data for eleven states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. Data for January and February 2015 are now available here. Figure 1: ACLED Asia Coverage and Recent Events ACLED data differs from available information on South and Southeast Asia in numerous…
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