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China: UN report leaves no room to hide

New Human Rights Commissioner faces early test of holding China to account
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
EAST ASIA
12.Sep.2022
EN

Pakistan: the lethal impacts of climate change

Response to catastrophic floods hindered by political short-sightedness, state ineffectiveness and insufficient global funding
ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT
SOUTH ASIA
08.Sep.2022
EN

India: outrage as gang rapists walk free

Case exemplifies systematic denial of Indian women’s rights and multiple layers of exclusion faced by Muslim women
INCLUSION
SOUTH ASIA
07.Sep.2022
EN

Singapore: belated recognition of LGBTQI+ rights

Sex between men decriminalised – but state moves to block progress on equal marriage
INCLUSION
SOUTHEAST ASIA
29.Aug.2022
EN

Japan: still an outlier on marriage equality

A blow for LGBTQI+ rights as court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional
INCLUSION
EAST ASIA
15.Aug.2022
EN

Sri Lanka: change falls short of protest demands

New president extends state of emergency and amps up protest repression
DEMOCRACY
SOUTH ASIA
03.Aug.2022
EN

Uzbekistan: protests further show need for democracy

State’s failure to spot the warning signs of anger leads to rare protests and avoidable violence
DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL ASIA
20.Jul.2022
EN

Rohingya refugees: still far from home

Struggle of the Rohingya people continues six years on from campaign of violence that made them refugees
INCLUSION
SOUTHEAST ASIA
06.Jul.2022
EN

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

Thailand’s democracy activists are being criminalised for questioning royal power
FREEDOMS
SOUTHEAST ASIA
10.Jun.2022
EN

Philippines: democracy in mourning

Alliance of two autocratic dynasties takes power after glorifying repressive past
DEMOCRACY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
06.Jun.2022
EN
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