FREEDOMS

CIVIL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS

Bahrain: a botched whitewashing attempt

Hosting of Inter-Parliamentary Union summit inadvertently throws the spotlight on denial of democracy and human rights

Georgia: danger averted, for now

Civil society sees off restrictive law – but expects more attacks

Belarus: a prison state in Europe

Putin’s ally acts the strongman but war could be his downfall

Myanmar’s forgotten crisis

International lack of action is allowing military junta to get away with murder

Nicaragua: an opportunity for democratic solidarity

Release of political prisoners could be a sign of the ruling regime’s strength – or weakness

CENTRAL AMERICA

Venezuela: the end of civil society as we know it?

Visit by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights falls short of civil society expectations

Eswatini: democracy a matter of life and death

Killing of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko the latest troubling development in absolute monarchy

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Iran: fearless protests, fierce repression

Theocratic regime responds with full force to its biggest-ever challenge

China: pandemic protests force a rare retreat

Authoritarian state gives into protest pressure by dropping its ‘zero covid’ policy

Qatar 2022: glory at what price?

World Cup tainted by migrant workers’ deaths and numerous other human rights abuses