FREEDOMS

CIVIL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS

Zimbabwe: rights under further attack ahead of 2023 elections

President Mnangagwa seeking to prolong his stay in power by cracking down on dissent

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Nicaragua’s crackdown: a beleaguered regime clutching at straws?

The government’s desperate attempt to eliminate all dissent reveals a weakness that democratic allies should exploit

CENTRAL AMERICA

Mexico: one step closer to justice for the missing 43?

Families of disappeared students make fresh demand for accountability as former attorney general is arrested

Saudi Arabia: clean as new

Oil diplomacy turns a blind eye to the regime’s human rights violations

Palestine: activism gone digital

Technology is playing a key role in human rights work – and bringing backlash

El Salvador: ‘war on gangs’ accelerates slide into authoritarianism

Fundamental rights under attack, with 38,000 arrests so far

CENTRAL AMERICA

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

Thailand’s democracy activists are being criminalised for questioning royal power

Hong Kong: another step closer to China

Hard-line pro-Beijing security chief takes power in a walkover election

UAE: tyranny behind the glamour

Events like Expo 2020 and MENA Climate Week cannot conceal the reality of repression

Algeria: increasing repression belies promise of reform

Away from the international spotlight, country’s stable reputation depends on stifling dissent