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Slovakia: election points to regressive turn ahead

Pro-Russia populist frontrunner to form new government

Mexico on the rights path

Decriminalisation of abortion a historic victory for the feminist movement

Maldives election: what now for civil society?

Shift towards China signalled in presidential race result

Bahrain’s political prisoners: resistance against the odds

Democratic partners must prove their human rights commitment by urging reform

Ethiopia: no peace, no justice

Government is doing everything it can to evade international accountability

CONFLICT | CRISIS

G20 summit: international ritual lacking in substance

Host government India uses meeting as pre-election PR exercise

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Iran: one year on, what’s changed?

Discontent likely to flare up again

Gabon: the end of a dictatorship… and the beginning of another?

Military coups rarely lead to democracy

Sudan: millions forced to flee conflict

Urgent humanitarian response needed for the many displaced in the country and across borders

CONFLICT | CRISIS

BRICS: the burgeoning of an international repressive alliance?

New members largely a gallery of authoritarian states

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE