2023

Rising repression in the UK

Crackdowns on protest rights and vilification of asylum-seekers alarming signs of a longstanding democracy’s authoritarian creep

Bahrain: a botched whitewashing attempt

Hosting of Inter-Parliamentary Union summit inadvertently throws the spotlight on denial of democracy and human rights

Moldova: a crisis of Russia’s making

Energy crunch and pro-Russia protests pose biggest post-independence test for democracy

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Georgia: danger averted, for now

Civil society sees off restrictive law – but expects more attacks

Belarus: a prison state in Europe

Putin’s ally acts the strongman but war could be his downfall

The Escazú Agreement: from paper to reality?

Progress is being made, but several ratifications are missing and a long road to implementation lies ahead

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Tax justice: a civil society struggle

United Nations tax resolution offers crucial first step

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Turkey/Syria earthquake: natural disaster and human failures

Destructive impacts worsened by conflict, authoritarianism and corruption

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Nigeria’s election: same old, same old

Young people sure to keep looking for the change that didn’t come

Sudan: there’s no democracy without civil society

More questions than answers in latest transition plan