2026

UN: crisis and opportunity

Bellicose General Assembly speeches expose the scale of the task facing the next secretary-general

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

ECUADOR: ‘We’ll continue to reject oil extraction, but resistance alone is not enough’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

NIGERIA: ‘Violence remains widespread and vulnerable communities are being neglected’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

HONG KONG: ‘The message is chilling: cut every tie with those abroad or become the next target’

PERU: ‘Publicly identifying as an LGBTQI+ person still has consequences’

NICARAGUA: ‘The constitutional amendment has eliminated any legal possibility of a change in government’

CENTRAL AMERICA

EL SALVADOR: ‘We who defend human rights also want security, but with justice’

CENTRAL AMERICA

PERU: ‘Politics is becoming entangled with criminal organisations to attack the press’

CHINA: ‘My sister has been in a Chinese prison for eight years because I exercised my freedom of speech’

USA: ‘From the perspective of migrant defence and advocacy, the border is now everywhere’