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

Sudan’s crisis spills into conflict

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

CONFLICT | CRISIS

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

Israel: assault on judicial independence the tip of the iceberg

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

The plastic crisis: a race against the clock

Negotiations on a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution need to listen to civil society rather than the plastics industry

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

France: pensions deadlock puts democracy under strain

Security force violence raises renewed questions about impunity

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Cuba: elections without choices

Authoritarian regime seeks legitimacy in an election ritual without any substance

Russia’s boots on the ground in Africa

Wagner Group is spreading Russian influence – and extracting vital resources – in country after country

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Greece: humanitarian action under attack

Government is repressing the rights of migrants and refugees – and the civil society that defends them