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France’s student protests: a new generation demands respect
Gen Z-led protests spread across Europe, with poor public services and unaffordable housing as key triggers
GLOBAL
UN: crisis and opportunity
Bellicose General Assembly speeches expose the scale of the task facing the next secretary-general
EUROPE
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
EUROPE
Sweden: far right in retreat
Anti-migrant party loses support, but its agenda looks set to outlast the setback
GLOBAL
Transnational repression: a world without refuge
Repressive states are cooperating to silence exiles
EUROPE
Europe: a race to the bottom on migrants’ rights
Ceuta deaths overshadowed by competition to look toughest on migration
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Autocracy by legal means
Rather than carry out coups, incumbents are changing constitutions, sidelining voters and crushing resistance to prevent democratic renewal
DEMOCRACY
GLOBAL
03.Nov.2026
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USA: midterm elections on a skewed field
Civil society tries to hold the line as institutional guardrails are swept away
DEMOCRACY
NORTH AMERICA
02.Nov.2026
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Serbia: from protest to power
Gen Z-backed slate defeats autocratic leader after two years of resistance to corruption and repression
DEMOCRACY
EUROPE
30.Oct.2026
EN
The UN Human Rights Council at 20: questions of credibility
Cash-strapped session keeps key mandates afloat, but repressive states win unopposed seats
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
GLOBAL
29.Oct.2026
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SINGAPORE: ‘The government retains the death penalty and shuts down critical views’
Kirsten Han | SINGAPORE
FREEDOMS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
06.Nov.2026
EN
DISINFORMATION: ‘Fact-checking is not censorship, but a tool to provide context and evidence’
Franco Piccato | ARGENTINA
FREEDOMS
AMERICAS
05.Nov.2026
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MOROCCO: ‘For some young people, staying away from the polls was a form of protest’
Zakaria El Hamel | MOROCCO
DEMOCRACY
NORTHERN AFRICA
04.Nov.2026
EN
GERMANY: ‘The firewall has failed to curb the far right’s rise and won it protest votes’
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson | GERMANY
DEMOCRACY
EUROPE
03.Nov.2026
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