DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

BANGLADESH: ‘The deeper change is that people are no longer silent’

Tasfia Tarannum Ridita | BANGLADESH

DEMOCRACY: ‘When funding responds to what democracy defenders need, it builds real resilience’

Lisbeth Pilegaard | DENMARK

MADAGASCAR: ‘The government shouldn’t forget that it’s in power thanks to young people’

Youth Empowerment | MADAGASCAR

PERU: ‘For 20 years, voters have had to choose the lesser of two evils’

David Hidalgo | PERU

NORTH MACEDONIA: ‘A new generation of activists now exists where none existed before’

Viktor Buchkovski | NORTH MACEDONIA

MEXICO: ‘The protests meant the public emergence of Gen Z as a force with a voice of its own’

Rafael Amézquita Castellanos | MEXICO

NIGER: ‘Every external critical voice is exploited as evidence of imperialism’

anonymous | NIGER

LEBANON: ‘The postponement of the election can’t be treated as a break from democratic responsibility’

Dayana El Baba | LEBANON

PERU: ‘If authorities once again ignore the popular will, accumulated discontent could trigger a new outbreak’

anonymous | PERU

TIMOR-LESTE: ‘When young people organise, even security forces have to listen’

anonymous | TIMOR-LESTE