IN FOCUS

Algeria’s election: low enthusiasm for a foregone conclusion

No real competition allowed after years of repression

NORTHERN AFRICA

Hong Kong’s crackdown intensifies

Latest tools of repression include new school lessons and tougher national security law

Canada’s First Nations score victory in their quest for rights

Systemic exclusion remains to be addressed

New Zealand: Māori rights in the firing line

Right-wing government reverses hard-won Indigenous gains

Climate activists target culture greenwashing

UK Science Museum responds by dropping fossil fuel sponsor – but others remain

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Thailand: new prime minister, same old problems

Repressive laws likely to remain despite change at the top

Bangladesh’s opportunity for democracy

Protest movement forces out authoritarian leader to create new possibilities

Cambodia’s young environmental activists pay a heavy price

Jailing of Mother Nature members part of broader pattern of repression

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

France: far right threat contained – for now

Political and civil society response offers lessons for Europe

Chiquita verdict offers hope for corporate accountability

US banana corporation found responsible for human rights abuses in Colombia

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT