DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Uzbekistan: a president for life?

Constitutional referendum allows president to stay put until 2040 while paying lip service to human rights

Fiji: deeper democracy or continuing danger?

New government takes positive steps to respect rights but needs to go further

Israel: assault on judicial independence the tip of the iceberg

Protest movement rises – but needs to acknowledge the full reality of repression

Cuba: elections without choices

Authoritarian regime seeks legitimacy in an election ritual without any substance

Nigeria’s election: same old, same old

Young people sure to keep looking for the change that didn’t come

Sudan: there’s no democracy without civil society

More questions than answers in latest transition plan

Far-right threats sparked by pandemic denial

Conspiracy theories would be a laughing matter were it not for the real threat of violence

Peru: democracy at a crossroads

A fresh election is urgently needed – but may not solve longstanding political crisis

Brazil: can the far-right genie be put back into the bottle?

Former president Bolsonaro has unleashed extremist forces he no longer controls

Fiji’s new government: a less repressive trajectory?

A rare change of government offers a renewed test for democracy