2026

SERBIA: ‘Social media are more trustworthy than much of official media, a disturbing sign of state capture’

MEXICO: ‘The World Cup is an opportunity to raise global awareness of the crisis of enforced disappearances’

DEMOCRACY: ‘We now have a playbook to stop authoritarians, and it starts with listening to people and their needs’

HUNGARY: ‘We expect the era of rights-stripping policies to end, in law and institutional practice’

Peru: a knife-edge election and an ongoing crisis

New president may choose to tackle systemic political instability by taking an authoritarian turn

SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Xenophobia has become a get-out-of-jail-free card for elites who have failed’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tunisia’s demolition of civic space

Heavy prison sentences and suspensions of civil society groups mark the accelerating consolidation of presidential power

NORTHERN AFRICA

UN Security Council: new members, old crisis

Five non-permanent members elected, but civil society exclusion, structural paralysis and veto abuse remain unchanged

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GREECE: ‘Children need better protection online, not to be removed from social media’

Colombia: polarisation the winner

As runoff approaches, the peace agreement and fossil fuel transition are under threat