IN FOCUS

Thailand: time for democracy

Military must accept pro-democracy opposition’s overwhelming election victory

Chile: new constitution in the hands of the far right

Constitutional Council election blows hopes for a progressive, rights-based constitution

Uzbekistan: a president for life?

Constitutional referendum allows president to stay put until 2040 while paying lip service to human rights

Fiji: deeper democracy or continuing danger?

New government takes positive steps to respect rights but needs to go further

The Netherlands: climate action faces backlash

Climate protesters criminalised as anti-environmental politics rises

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Nicaragua, five years on from the April protests

Given the growing destruction of civil society, is there a democratic way out in sight?

CENTRAL AMERICA

Sudan’s crisis spills into conflict

Battle between two military factions shows they were never serious about democratic transition

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Commonwealth Africa: LGBTQI+ rights under attack

Anti-rights reaction in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda seeks to erase LGBTQI+ people

Israel: assault on judicial independence the tip of the iceberg

Protest movement rises – but needs to acknowledge the full reality of repression

The plastic crisis: a race against the clock

Negotiations on a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution need to listen to civil society rather than the plastics industry

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT