ASIA

PHILIPPINES: ‘A protest is one day, but organising is the thousands of conversations that make that day possible’

Charles Zander | PHILIPPINES

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

NEPAL: ‘People used to believe nothing would ever change, and now they believe change is possible’

Nishchhal Kharal | NEPAL

NEPAL: ‘Voting on Discord was a very Gen Z way of doing politics’

Abhijeet Adhikari | NEPAL

AFGHANISTAN: ‘The Criminal Procedure Code consolidates ideological and legal control over society’

Wahida Omari | THE NETHERLANDS

INDONESIA: ‘We are building the country we want, brick by brick, even if we won’t see the final result’

Thalitha Yuristiana | INDONESIA

HONG KONG: ‘Independent civil society is being replaced with state-aligned structures’

Alric Lee | HONG KONG

KAZAKHSTAN: ‘This constitution is the final institutional lock on authoritarian rule’

Yevgeniy Zhovtis | KAZAKHSTAN

CHINA: ‘The state is using generative AI to engineer reality through informational gaslighting’

Fergus Ryan | AUSTRALIA

NEPAL: ‘The political system only moves when threatened directly’

Anusha Khanal | NEPAL

THAILAND: ‘Electoral periods are particularly sensitive moments for civic space’

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights | THAILAND