ASIA

HONG KONG: ‘Independent civil society is being replaced with state-aligned structures’

Alric Lee | HONG KONG

KAZAKHSTAN: ‘This constitution is the final institutional lock on authoritarian rule’

Yevgeniy Zhovtis | KAZAKHSTAN

CHINA: ‘The state is using generative AI to engineer reality through informational gaslighting’

Fergus Ryan | AUSTRALIA

NEPAL: ‘The political system only moves when threatened directly’

Anusha Khanal | NEPAL

THAILAND: ‘Electoral periods are particularly sensitive moments for civic space’

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights | THAILAND

PHILIPPINES: ‘Preventing similar cases requires dismantling the mechanisms that treat dissent as crime’

Kyle A Domequil | PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES: ‘The government treats journalists as security threats rather than contributors to public debate’

Aleksandra Bielakowska | TAIWAN

‘After decades of denial and silence, the suffering of Rohingya people is being heard at the world’s highest court’

Mohammed Nowkhim | CANADA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Since the coup, factory employers have increasingly worked with the military to restrict organising and silence workers’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘The ceasefire remains a temporary de-escalation, not stable peace’

Eugene Mark | SINGAPORE

CONFLICT | CRISIS