ASIA

‘We’ve held Pride celebrations since 2004; we’re very proud of what we have achieved’

Hong Kong’s lights of freedom extinguished

Attempts to mark anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre met with further repression

‘People understood election monitoring was important to ensure checks and balances’

ASEAN: ‘There is a lack of a consistent approach and political will to address the Myanmar crisis’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Thailand: time for democracy

Military must accept pro-democracy opposition’s overwhelming election victory

Uzbekistan: a president for life?

Constitutional referendum allows president to stay put until 2040 while paying lip service to human rights

‘Being a human rights lawyer has had a huge personal cost’

‘They put a black hood over my face and took me to the airport’

Turkey/Syria earthquake: natural disaster and human failures

Destructive impacts worsened by conflict, authoritarianism and corruption

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘It is just not possible to respond to such a large-scale disaster effectively without civil society’

CONFLICT | CRISIS