FREEDOMS

CIVIL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS

Zimbabwe cracks down for regional summit

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

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Hong Kong’s crackdown intensifies

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

Thailand: new prime minister, same old problems

Repressive laws likely to remain despite change at the top

Bangladesh’s opportunity for democracy

Protest movement forces out authoritarian leader to create new possibilities

Eswatini: jailing of politicians the latest act of repression

Africa’s last absolute monarchy continues to deny demands for democracy

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tunisia’s escalating crackdown

Anti-racism and migrants’ rights activism under attack

NORTHERN AFRICA

Foreign agents laws threaten civil society

Georgia and Kyrgyzstan are following Russia’s path – and the EU isn’t helping

The long reach of authoritarianism

Transnational repression is on the rise – and it’s democratic states’ duty to stop it

Iran, back to the grim normal

How long will order restored by violence last?

Vietnam: another turn of the screw

Environmental activism in the crosshairs of repression