‘People have lost confidence in an international system that fails to protect the powerless against the powerful’

‘Historical memory of martial law under Marcos Senior gives us strength to persevere’

‘Calling this a free and fair election would be a betrayal to the people of Maldives’

‘We’ll participate in COP28 to pressure world leaders to divert funding away from oil and gas’

‘Election violence is a cover for ideological ambivalence and lack of substantive programmes’

AI: ‘The biggest challenges are the biases and lack of transparency of algorithms’

‘Our society has finally become sensitised to domestic and gender-based violence’

‘For us, climate change is not an abstract concept of future concern but an urgent reality of the present’

‘Threats don’t solve problems; the international response must emphasise dialogue and negotiation’

‘Democracy has allowed room for organised crime and narco-politics to grow’