FREEDOMS

CIVIL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS

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

NORTHERN AFRICA

Russia’s anti-war protests: Putin under pressure?

Brave protesters battle fearsome repression and relentless propaganda

Turkmenistan: tyranny mutates into dynasty

Ritualistic election enthrones president’s son – but his father retains power behind the throne

Beijing Olympics: sport as smokescreen

Activists seek to turn sportswashing attempts against repressive states