ASIA

China: UN report leaves no room to hide

New Human Rights Commissioner faces early test of holding China to account

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Pakistan: the lethal impacts of climate change

Response to catastrophic floods hindered by political short-sightedness, state ineffectiveness and insufficient global funding

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

India: outrage as gang rapists walk free

Case exemplifies systematic denial of Indian women’s rights and multiple layers of exclusion faced by Muslim women

Singapore: belated recognition of LGBTQI+ rights

Sex between men decriminalised – but state moves to block progress on equal marriage

Japan: still an outlier on marriage equality

A blow for LGBTQI+ rights as court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional

Sri Lanka: change falls short of protest demands

New president extends state of emergency and amps up protest repression

Uzbekistan: protests further show need for democracy

State’s failure to spot the warning signs of anger leads to rare protests and avoidable violence

Rohingya refugees: still far from home

Struggle of the Rohingya people continues six years on from campaign of violence that made them refugees

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

Thailand’s democracy activists are being criminalised for questioning royal power

Philippines: democracy in mourning

Alliance of two autocratic dynasties takes power after glorifying repressive past