MIDDLE EAST

‘It is clear that most people don’t support the regime anymore and want it gone’

COP28: another climate summit in closed civic space

United Arab Emirates offers greenwashing and PR instead of climate solutions

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Gaza: immediate ceasefire needed

Long-term solutions must also be advanced to respect human rights

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘We spread the culture of human rights in a country with one of the world’s worst human rights records’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Bahrain’s political prisoners: resistance against the odds

Democratic partners must prove their human rights commitment by urging reform

Iran: one year on, what’s changed?

Discontent likely to flare up again

‘Had there been civic freedoms, the authorities would have known of the deep suffering at Jau Prison’

‘The severity of the crackdown only shows how scared the regime is of the protest movement’

‘People have lost confidence in an international system that fails to protect the powerless against the powerful’

Syria back in the fold

Authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad welcomed back into the Arab League despite widespread rights abuses

CONFLICT | CRISIS