ASIA

Civil society campaigning achieves forced labour victory in Uzbekistan

Seventeen years of advocacy and activism leads to the end of state-imposed forced and child labour in country’s cotton industry

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Sri Lanka: economic meltdown sparks mass protests

Protest movement demands an end to unaccountable presidential power

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Afghanistan: back to school?

Against all odds, Afghan women and girls mobilise for their right to education

Turkmenistan: tyranny mutates into dynasty

Ritualistic election enthrones president’s son – but his father retains power behind the throne

South Korean election: women’s rights the biggest loser

Presidential race winner profits from anti-feminist backlash

Myanmar: junta’s economic power in the firing line

Businesses that prop up military rule under pressure to withdraw

Kazakhstan: demands for radical change met with lethal response

President puts himself firmly in Putin’s pocket to deny democracy

Xi Jinping’s war on popular culture

Why is the Chinese government cracking down on entertainment and tech industries?

India: victory for the farmers

Protesters hand hardman Modi rare defeat

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Afghanistan: a human rights catastrophe unfolds

West has a responsibility to Afghanistan’s refugees

CONFLICT | CRISIS