IN FOCUS

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

France: pensions deadlock puts democracy under strain

Security force violence raises renewed questions about impunity

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Cuba: elections without choices

Authoritarian regime seeks legitimacy in an election ritual without any substance

Greece: humanitarian action under attack

Government is repressing the rights of migrants and refugees – and the civil society that defends them

Rising repression in the UK

Crackdowns on protest rights and vilification of asylum-seekers alarming signs of a longstanding democracy’s authoritarian creep

Bahrain: a botched whitewashing attempt

Hosting of Inter-Parliamentary Union summit inadvertently throws the spotlight on denial of democracy and human rights

Moldova: a crisis of Russia’s making

Energy crunch and pro-Russia protests pose biggest post-independence test for democracy

CONFLICT | CRISIS

International Women’s Day 2023: not one step back

In a turbulent year, women mobilised to secure gains, resist regression and push for more