2023

BRICS: the burgeoning of an international repressive alliance?

New members largely a gallery of authoritarian states

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Zimbabwe: prospects for change denied in skewed election

Ruling party uses every lever available to tilt results

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Guatemala: change within reach

Election result brings hope for revitalisation of democracy

CENTRAL AMERICA

Tunisia: racism on top of repression

Attacks on Black Africans latest tactic of authoritarian president

NORTHERN AFRICA

Thailand: democratic demands for change thwarted

Military-aligned parties part of new government that excludes election winners

Ecuador: stakes high ahead of presidential runoff

Early elections yield inconclusive results amid mounting insecurity challenges

Hong Kong goes after its exiles

International arrest warrants and bounties all part of a picture of transnational repression

Senegal: democracy in the balance?

Protests repressed and media restricted ahead of presidential election

Pride 2023: defiant joy against anti-rights backlash

LGBTQI+ people around the world keep mobilising against the odds

Kenya: cost of living protests met with police repression

Any solution to systemic violence must start with challenging impunity

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT