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Record parliamentary supermajority for Putin after authorities bar the sole peace party

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Sweden: far right in retreat

Anti-migrant party loses support, but its agenda looks set to outlast the setback

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BRICS: growing ambition but zero accountability

As multilateralism evolves to counter US power, civil society risks being stuck on the sidelines

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Europe’s summer of tourism protests

Albanians resist a Trump family resort while Italians fight for beach access

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Transnational repression: a world without refuge

Repressive states are cooperating to silence exiles

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Europe: a race to the bottom on migrants’ rights

Ceuta deaths overshadowed by competition to look toughest on migration

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Russia: a stage-managed vote and a war with no end in sight

Record parliamentary supermajority for Putin after authorities bar the sole peace party

CONFLICT | CRISIS

EUROPE

29.Sep.2026

Sweden: far right in retreat

Anti-migrant party loses support, but its agenda looks set to outlast the setback

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

23.Sep.2026

BRICS: growing ambition but zero accountability

As multilateralism evolves to counter US power, civil society risks being stuck on the sidelines

Myanmar: corporate complicity held to account

Charges against Norway-based company throw the spotlight on international partnerships that keep the junta afloat

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SOUTHEAST ASIA

17.Sep.2026

NICARAGUA: ‘The constitutional amendment has eliminated any legal possibility of a change in government’

Claudia Pineda | COSTA RICA

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CENTRAL AMERICA

08.Oct.2026

EL SALVADOR: ‘We who defend human rights also want security, but with justice’

Zaira Navas | COSTA RICA

PERU: ‘Politics is becoming entangled with criminal organisations to attack the press’

CHINA: ‘My sister has been in a Chinese prison for eight years because I exercised my freedom of speech’

Rushan Abbas | UNITED STATES

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#Myanmar's military leader faces genocide charges in Indonesia. Tun Khin explains: justice means returning to land and restoring rights that were taken away.
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#Peru's youth protested pension restrictions and faced deadly police repression. Jackelinne Ponce Paredes warns: mainstream media ridiculed them but they kept organising.
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25 May 2058834261508055342

#Botswana decriminalised same-sex relations, but conservative groups are mobilising against LGBTQI+ rights ahead of a critical marriage equality case.

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23 May 2058080609952477384

#Iran's regime is executing political prisoners under cover of war and internet blackout. Narges Mohammadi and others face grave dangers. Urgent priority must be given to protecting human rights activists.

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22 May 2057719409892839463

#Bahrain is seeking the death penalty for peaceful protest. Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha warns: the death penalty is a tool of political suppression.
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Russia: a stage-managed vote and a war with no end in sight

Sweden: far right in retreat

BRICS: growing ambition but zero accountability

Europe’s summer of tourism protests

Transnational repression: a world without refuge

Europe: a race to the bottom on migrants’ rights

LATEST ARTICLES

Russia: a stage-managed vote and a war with no end in sight

Sweden: far right in retreat

BRICS: growing ambition but zero accountability

Myanmar: corporate complicity held to account

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NICARAGUA: ‘The constitutional amendment has eliminated any legal possibility of a change in government’

EL SALVADOR: ‘We who defend human rights also want security, but with justice’

PERU: ‘Politics is becoming entangled with criminal organisations to attack the press’

CHINA: ‘My sister has been in a Chinese prison for eight years because I exercised my freedom of speech’