IN FOCUS

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

‘Civic space and the conditions for the exercise of human rights were difficult under the former regime’

Sudan: millions forced to flee conflict

Urgent humanitarian response needed for the many displaced in the country and across borders

CONFLICT | CRISIS