ASIA

‘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

Myanmar’s forgotten crisis

International lack of action is allowing military junta to get away with murder

‘Without international solidarity and support, our democratic hopes will soon be gone’