IN FOCUS

Tunisia: a hollow victory in a non-competitive election

Autocratic incumbent extends his grip on power as voters stay home

NORTHERN AFRICA

UN Human Rights Council: new members and old problems

Saudi Arabia is kept out, but non-competitive elections allow other repressive states in

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Afghan women refuse to be silenced

Struggle to end gender apartheid needs full international support

Honduras: environmental defenders still under siege

Situation fails to improve despite political change

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

CENTRAL AMERICA

Austria’s far-right surge

Freedom Party’s election win is bad news for civil society

Serbia’s lithium-mining plans show green transition challenges

Government cracks down on environmental activists opposing project

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

UN Cybercrime Convention: a troubling new treaty

Lack of adequate human rights safeguards means convention could be weaponised against dissent

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Georgia’s dangerous anti-LGBTQI+ law

New legislation latest troubling development ahead of election

Zimbabwe cracks down for regional summit

Numerous activists locked away before meeting of the Southern African Development Community

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Togo: demands for democracy repressed – again

Constitutional changes go against the democratic reforms civil society urges