IN FOCUS

‘There is a focus on protecting borders rather than people’s rights’

‘We need a multilateral, flexible and creative approach from the international community’

Interpol: a growing instrument of international repression?

Authoritarian states seek political gain by abusing a system designed to catch criminals

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘For the first time the extremes are inside the parliament and there are unacceptable undemocratic voices’

Lebanon: wildfire season further exposes government failure

Civil society steps up to combat the blaze

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Tunisia: protests force government to negotiate over waste crisis

Refuse site dispute points to broader failings of governance and democracy

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

NORTHERN AFRICA

Guinea: no timetable for democracy

How long will the military hang onto power?

‘Right-wing backlash is just one side of the coin, the other being the active mobilisation of rights-oriented civil society’

Turkey: refugees targeted in surge of xenophobia

Politicians are ramping up hostility towards Syrian refugees

What hope for a more democratic United Nations?

New report suggests some potential for change, but fails to go far enough

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE