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Austria’s far-right surge

Freedom Party’s election win is bad news for civil society

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

03.Oct.2024

Serbia’s lithium-mining plans show green transition challenges

Government cracks down on environmental activists opposing project

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

EUROPE

01.Oct.2024

UN Cybercrime Convention: a troubling new treaty

Lack of adequate human rights safeguards means convention could be weaponised against dissent

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

27.Sep.2024

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Georgia’s dangerous anti-LGBTQI+ law

New legislation latest troubling development ahead of election

INCLUSION

EUROPE

25.Sep.2024

Zimbabwe cracks down for regional summit

Numerous activists locked away before meeting of the Southern African Development Community

FREEDOMS

SOUTHERN AFRICA

19.Sep.2024

Togo: demands for democracy repressed – again

Constitutional changes go against the democratic reforms civil society urges

Algeria’s election: low enthusiasm for a foregone conclusion

No real competition allowed after years of repression

Hong Kong’s crackdown intensifies

Latest tools of repression include new school lessons and tougher national security law

FREEDOMS

EAST ASIA

07.Sep.2024

Canada’s First Nations score victory in their quest for rights

Systemic exclusion remains to be addressed

New Zealand: Māori rights in the firing line

Right-wing government reverses hard-won Indigenous gains

INCLUSION

OCEANIA

30.Aug.2024