ASIA

Bangladesh: election with a foregone conclusion

Ruling party’s win guaranteed by pre-election crackdown

Afghanistan: gender apartheid must be stopped

Persistent acts of internal resistance must be backed by international pressure

Nagorno-Karabakh: far-reaching consequences of a neglected conflict

Accountability needed over rights violations of multitudes forced to flee

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Vietnam: another turn of the screw

Environmental activism in the crosshairs of repression

Maldives election: what now for civil society?

Shift towards China signalled in presidential race result

Thailand: democratic demands for change thwarted

Military-aligned parties part of new government that excludes election winners

Hong Kong goes after its exiles

International arrest warrants and bounties all part of a picture of transnational repression

Cambodia’s election a blatant farce

Electoral ritual grounded in repression paves way for dynastic succession

Nepal’s same-sex marriage breakthrough

Court decision must now be followed by legal change

Pakistan’s civil society feels the pressure

Amid power struggles, protest rights and media freedoms are under attack