IN DEPTH

Autocracy by legal means

Rather than carry out coups, incumbents are changing constitutions, sidelining voters and crushing resistance to prevent democratic renewal

USA: midterm elections on a skewed field

Civil society tries to hold the line as institutional guardrails are swept away

Europe’s summer of tourism protests

Albanians resist a Trump family resort while Italians fight for beach access

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Transnational repression: a world without refuge

Repressive states are cooperating to silence exiles

Europe: a race to the bottom on migrants’ rights

Ceuta deaths overshadowed by competition to look toughest on migration

The struggle to end female genital mutilation: progress under threat

Civil society campaigning has made a difference, but funding cuts and anti-rights challenges are endangering hard-won gains

Backward steps on the death penalty

A handful of states are turning executions into shows of political strength, killing more people than at any time in decades

2026 World Cup: own goals for human rights

Civil society campaigns confront the USA’s migration crackdown, FIFA’s embrace of authoritarian power and the competition’s growing climate toll

Guatemala: narrow opening in a captured justice system

So far, too little has changed under President Bernardo Arévalo

CENTRAL AMERICA

Pride in a time of anti-rights backlash

Around the world, LGBTQI+ rights are under attack, and Pride is once again a protest