2023

‘Had there been civic freedoms, the authorities would have known of the deep suffering at Jau Prison’

Jawad Fairooz | BAHRAIN

‘Activists who work from abroad are being targeted through their families’

Ahmed Attalla | EGYPT

NORTHERN AFRICA

‘This so-called election was a circus and a waste of resources’

Obert Masaraure | ZIMBABWE

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘The severity of the crackdown only shows how scared the regime is of the protest movement’

Sohrab Razaghi | IRAN

‘With a wealth tax on the biggest fortunes, extreme poverty can be eradicated’

Adrien Fabre | FRANCE

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘We have seen some progress on LGBTQI+ rights, but there is a lot of work still to be done’

Kevin Wessels | NAMIBIA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘Civic space and the conditions for the exercise of human rights were difficult under the former regime’

Georges Mpaga | GABON

‘The Darién Gap is claiming many lives that governments cannot even quantify’

Ana María Diez | VENEZUELA

‘The legal vulnerability of LGBTQI+ people leads to harassment and discrimination’

Shahanur Islam | BANGLADESH

‘The government is headed by a former dictator’s son who reached power in a suspicious manner’

Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan | PHILIPPINES