2023

Nicaragua, five years on from the April protests

Given the growing destruction of civil society, is there a democratic way out in sight?

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘People are beginning to realise that we need real and systemic change’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

UN PLASTICS TREATY: ‘It is up to civil society to speak up for the public when their governments won’t’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Sudan’s crisis spills into conflict

Battle between two military factions shows they were never serious about democratic transition

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘They put a black hood over my face and took me to the airport’

Abolishing the death penalty: progress and setbacks

Reforms in Malaysia and Zambia show change is possible – but there’s still a long way to go

Commonwealth Africa: LGBTQI+ rights under attack

Anti-rights reaction in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda seeks to erase LGBTQI+ people

‘We have concerns about state functions being used to dictate and define morality’

‘We dream of hundreds of thousands demonstrating for democracy, equality and human rights’

Israel: assault on judicial independence the tip of the iceberg

Protest movement rises – but needs to acknowledge the full reality of repression