IN FOCUS

Spain’s far right stopped in its tracks

Inconclusive election follows campaign targeting women’s and LGBTQI+ rights

Pakistan’s civil society feels the pressure

Amid power struggles, protest rights and media freedoms are under attack

Brazil back on the green track

Environmental policy enforcement resumes after four years of regression

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Eswatini: election with no democracy on the horizon

Absolute monarch keeps showing he’s not serious about dialogue

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Greek election: no good news for migrants and refugees

Attacks on civil society likely to continue

Estonia: the start of a rainbow domino effect?

First post-Soviet state to recognise same-sex marriage, with others expected to follow

Cloud lingers over Sierra Leone’s election

Transparency urgently needed to dispel doubts

Finland tilts to the far right

Once-fringe right-wing populists a major partner in new government

Myanmar: military junta gets a free pass

Regional body should follow civil society’s roadmap towards democracy

CONFLICT | CRISIS

UN Cybercrime Convention: could the cure be worse than the disease?

Treaty under negotiation could give repressive states further tools to stifle dissent

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE