FREEDOMS

CIVIL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS

‘The new decree restricts freedom of association, including by allowing the authorities to dissolve organisations’

Marthe Coulibaly | COTE D’IVOIRE

‘The focus should be on holding social media companies accountable, not punishing individual users’

Iná Jost | BRAZIL

‘Hostile narratives and stigmatisation create a vicious cycle of repression’

Gina Romero | GLOBAL

‘It’s easier and cheaper than ever to spread disinformation on a massive scale’

Imran Ahmed | GLOBAL

‘People are frustrated with a system that has consistently blocked avenues for dissent’

Eunice Agbenyadzi | GHANA

‘We first thought hosting COP29 could ease the pressure on local civil society – but we were wrong’

Emin Huseynov | AZERBAIJAN

‘This new bill allows police to impose harsh conditions on protesters in the name of public order’

Catherine Mbui | KENYA

‘Civic space is closed and prospects for change are limited, if not non-existent’

ACDD | NICARAGUA

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The government’s response to the protests followed a predictable pattern of repression’

Mohammed Ndifuna | UGANDA

‘Restrictions on solidarity protests are unconstitutional’

Nelson Roldão | TIMOR-LESTE