ASIA

AFGHANISTAN: ‘Women’s rights defenders and civil society organisations refuse to be silenced’

Rahima Danishyar | PAKISTAN

PHILIPPINES: ‘Development should serve people’s needs, not foreign capital’s demands’

Cathleen de Guzman | PHILIPPINES

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

INDIA: ‘The Cockroach Janta Party brings together everyone who has been neglected for years’

Harshit Singh | INDIA

CHINA: ‘The Ethnic Unity Law means there is one acceptable way to be Chinese’

Gulchehra Hoja | UNITED STATES

AFGHANISTAN: ‘The new law reduces women to a state of enslavement’

anonymous | AFGHANISTAN

MYANMAR: ‘Five years after the military coup, life for Rohingya people has worsened in almost every respect’

Ro Maung Ming Shwe Jr | BANGLADESH

CONFLICT | CRISIS

TAIWAN: ‘Protests are part of a rising wave, not an isolated event’

Brian Hioe | TAIWAN

CONFLICT | CRISIS

INDONESIA: ‘We hope that those who take part in Pride events elsewhere also march for us’

Lini Zurlia | INDONESIA

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

Tasfia Tarannum Ridita | BANGLADESH

JAPAN: ‘Popular sovereignty means little if Japan is bound by US military decisions’

Koichi Nakano | JAPAN

CONFLICT | CRISIS