SOUTH ASIA

‘The election’s outcome wasn’t determined by expectations but rather by disillusionment’

Shahindha Ismail | MALDIVES

‘The negative impacts of AI on democratic processes seem to be outweighing the positive’

Vandita Morarka | INDIA

‘The government curtails online expression critical of democratic and governance deficits’

Darshatha Gamage | SRI LANKA

‘Civil society efforts will be crucial to the quality of the elections’

Anjali Bhardwaj | INDIA

‘It doesn’t matter who casts the vote as much as who counts the vote’

Muhammad Mudassar | PAKISTAN

‘This is a one-sided election in which we already know who the winner will be’

Mubashar Hasan | BANGLADESH

‘The once-cosmopolitan state of Manipur is now divided into two rival communities’

Mangneo Lhungdim and Sulekha Thapa | INDIA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘The TikTok ban signals efforts to control the digital space in the name of national sovereignty’

‘The authorities must guarantee the human rights of Afghan asylum seekers’

Habib Malik Orakzai | PAKISTAN

‘Media and journalists are under tremendous pressure from the government’

Geetartha Pathak | INDIA