SOUTH ASIA

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

Tasfia Tarannum Ridita | BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH: ‘Our biggest achievement was showing young people’s voices matter’

Lutfa Pathan | BANGLADESH

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

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

Anusha Khanal | NEPAL

‘When civil society is constrained, it cannot challenge power or amplify excluded voices’

Devanshi Vaid and Smarinita Shetty | INDIA

‘The government’s true motivation is to control the public narrative and silence dissent’

Naaif Ahmed | MALDIVES

‘The government was corrupt and willing to kill its own people to stay in power’

Dikpal Khatri Chhetry | NEPAL

‘Arrests were made during a time of political crisis and many were politically motivated’

Melani Gunathilaka | SRI LANKA