IN FOCUS

China: pandemic protests force a rare retreat

Authoritarian state gives into protest pressure by dropping its ‘zero covid’ policy

‘The world seems to be starting to forget Syrian refugees’

Tunisia: dismantling democracy, one step at a time

Upcoming parliamentary election will be held under new rules designed to allow the president to continue to accumulate power

NORTHERN AFRICA

A ‘New Kazakhstan’, or more of the same?

President positions as a reformer – but his latest implausible landslide election win is straight out of the old playbook

‘We want to live in an environment that respects women and recognises our human rights’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘Delays in dealing with gender-based violence cost women, children and LGBTQI+ people their lives’

‘On World AIDS Day we remind people that the HIV pandemic is not over’

‘Civil society is an important pillar in work with the migrant population’

Cuba: why flee paradise?

Intensifying repression and economic crunch are driving an unprecedented exodus from the ailing one-party state

‘Lack of regular migration status imposes barriers to accessing rights’