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Zanzibar’s elections need robust regional and international observer missions
In past elections results were tampered with and reversed, ballot boxes were seized and results cancelled in key constituencies, and voters ID’s have been withheld, which means…
Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town
This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled
Burkina Faso: Revolution, authoritarianism and the crisis of African emancipation politics
If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.
Russia’s repressed independent media is vital to building a post-Putin era
Most Russian journalists have been forced into exile amid a state crackdown. But there is some cause for hope
The world must act to stop India’s impending genocide
Democratic countries that are committed to human rights must take decisive action to pressure India to quell its abuses and protect minority communities.
We have become spectators in our own democracy
The discontent we feel must mobilise citizens towards agitating for radical change, not aimless rebellion