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Turkey/Syria earthquake: natural disaster and human failures

Destructive impacts worsened by conflict, authoritarianism and corruption
CONFLICT | CRISIS
ASIA
09.Mar.2023
EN

Myanmar’s forgotten crisis

International lack of action is allowing military junta to get away with murder
FREEDOMS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
22.Feb.2023
EN

Afghanistan: theocracy pushes women to the margins

Islamic Emirate proclaimed in 2021 comes to fruition by completing the exclusion of women from work and education
INCLUSION
SOUTH ASIA
12.Jan.2023
EN

Indonesia’s new criminal code: a turn for the worse

Long-overdue changes to outdated law only make it more hostile to women, LGBTQI+ people and other excluded groups
INCLUSION
SOUTHEAST ASIA
16.Dec.2022
EN

China: pandemic protests force a rare retreat

Authoritarian state gives into protest pressure by dropping its ‘zero covid’ policy
FREEDOMS
EAST ASIA
09.Dec.2022
EN

A ‘New Kazakhstan’, or more of the same?

President positions as a reformer – but his latest implausible landslide election win is straight out of the old playbook
DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL ASIA
02.Dec.2022
EN

Malaysia: will new government bring real change?

Challenger promising to improve civic space comes to power – but political volatility is likely to continue
DEMOCRACY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
25.Nov.2022
EN

Taiwan in the firing line

China talks tough – but Taiwan’s people want to choose their own path
CONFLICT | CRISIS
EAST ASIA
15.Nov.2022
EN

China’s Xi Jinping at the pinnacle of power

Re-elected party chairman set to become China’s longest-ruling strongman since Mao
DEMOCRACY
EAST ASIA
31.Oct.2022
EN

Afghanistan’s frozen assets and a looming winter crisis

Civil society campaigns for urgent action to avert humanitarian disaster
CONFLICT | CRISIS
SOUTH ASIA
12.Oct.2022
EN
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