EUROPE

‘This new law will push LGBTQI+ people and communities into deeper invisibility and precarity’

‘The new foreign agents’ law isn’t about transparency – it’s about silencing dissent’

‘Student protests have sparked solidarity, empathy and a renewed belief in collective action’

‘Civil society works day in and day out to build democracy’

Germany’s democracy faces extremism test

Far-right AfD becomes second-largest party and challenges firewall

‘Civil society remains resilient and responsive, but financial constraints now hamper its efforts’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘The work of human rights defenders in exile is crucial in keeping the democratic movement alive’

‘A key element of resistance to the far right is the firewall – which a major party has just breached’

Belarus: a sham election that fools no one

Non-competitive vote held in climate of fear following civic space crackdown

‘Legal gaps make it difficult to prosecute anti-LGBTQI+ hate crimes’