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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

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The UN Human Rights Council at 20: questions of credibility

Cash-strapped session keeps key mandates afloat, but repressive states win unopposed seats

EUROPE

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

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

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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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India’s revolt against disenfranchisement

Cockroach movement and opposition parties demand accountability for 130 million names deleted from voter rolls

DEMOCRACY

SOUTH ASIA

06.Nov.2026

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

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

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

KENYA: ‘I tell the stories of people who can’t go on stage to perform their struggles’

Brian Silweyz | KENYA

FREEDOMS

EAST AFRICA

14.Nov.2026

INCLUSION: ‘Gender policies often ignore disability, and disability policies don’t take gender into account’

Sofía Minieri and Marcela Reyes | UNITED STATES

ITALY: ‘Trust between voters and political elites is largely missing’

Roberto D’Alimonte | ITALY

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

12.Nov.2026

ANTI-RIGHTS BACKLASH: ‘Now is not the time to back down; we must defend the gains we have made’

Girl Up | 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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Autocracy by legal means

The UN Human Rights Council at 20: questions of credibility

France’s student protests: a new generation demands respect

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

Transnational repression: a world without refuge

Europe: a race to the bottom on migrants’ rights

LATEST ARTICLES

India’s revolt against disenfranchisement

Autocracy by legal means

USA: midterm elections on a skewed field

Serbia: from protest to power

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KENYA: ‘I tell the stories of people who can’t go on stage to perform their struggles’

INCLUSION: ‘Gender policies often ignore disability, and disability policies don’t take gender into account’

ITALY: ‘Trust between voters and political elites is largely missing’

ANTI-RIGHTS BACKLASH: ‘Now is not the time to back down; we must defend the gains we have made’