IN FOCUS

G20 summit: international ritual lacking in substance

Host government India uses meeting as pre-election PR exercise

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Under the old regime civil society was not taken into account’

Iran: one year on, what’s changed?

Discontent likely to flare up again

‘Had there been civic freedoms, the authorities would have known of the deep suffering at Jau Prison’

‘Activists who work from abroad are being targeted through their families’

NORTHERN AFRICA

‘This so-called election was a circus and a waste of resources’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘The severity of the crackdown only shows how scared the regime is of the protest movement’

‘With a wealth tax on the biggest fortunes, extreme poverty can be eradicated’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘We have seen some progress on LGBTQI+ rights, but there is a lot of work still to be done’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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

Military coups rarely lead to democracy