Qatar urged to release 21 detainees held for protesting ‘discriminatory’ election lawsFirst Shura elections spark controversyWritten by Gulf Center for Human Rights30 September 2021
Can LGBTQ+ rights activism be the key to reversing retrogressive policies in the Middle East?Social stigmas have also hindered progressWritten by Guest Contributor30 September 2021
Socializing with extremists and ‘hoaxers': Tennis star Novak Djokovic's controversial visit to BosniaAssociation with genocide deniers is at odds with Djokovic's humanitarian workWritten by Mirza Hota28 September 2021
Why did Twitter support Nigeria’s #EndSARS and not Ghana’s #FixTheCountry?Civil society, not governments or tech companies, should protect online free speechWritten by Kofi Yeboah28 September 2021
In Turkey, a citizen sentenced to prison for insulting the presidentTekiner faces twenty months in jail for insulting the presidentWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva28 September 2021
Turkish students protest as rent prices skyrocketSoaring rent fees have left Turkish students and families homelessWritten by Doga Celik, Arzu Geybullayeva28 September 2021
A veteran Hong Kong Wikipedia editor: “Wikipedia's policies are vulnerable to authoritarian abuse”Many in mainland China are bullied into silenceWritten by Oiwan Lam28 September 2021
‘New schemes of deception': Russian election observers report on the votingopenDemocracy spoke to observers who monitored Russia's parliamentary electionWritten by openDemocracy Russia26 September 2021
Turkey’s Uyghur dilemma in the context of China’s Belt and Road InitiativeYet Ankara's recent alliances with Beijing are complicating historical bondsWritten by Filip Noubel24 September 2021
In Turkey, environmentalists struggle to preserve the city's remaining green spacesValidebağ Grove is among last remaining green spaces in IstanbulWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva24 September 2021
Life during the pandemic: An interview with former refugee, exiled cartoonist Eaten FishHis artwork compares majority and minority power dynamicsWritten by Mong Palatino24 September 2021
Belarusian authorities rule to liquidate domestic violence shelterRadislava has been a crucial service to women in BelarusWritten by Transitions Online22 September 2021
Dissenting artist Ai Weiwei on Hong Kong: art would not be art if it cannot be done in the face of tyrannyAmid tyranny and authoritarianism in Hong Kong, artists persistWritten by Hong Kong Free Press21 September 2021
India’s gasoline dilemma: Double burden of rising prices and soaring demandRising petrol and diesel prices in India burden common people Written by Anumeha Verma21 September 2021
France blasts Australia's nuclear-powered submarine deal with US and UK as ‘duplicity’French officials say they were blindsided by the new partnershipWritten by Kevin Rennie21 September 2021
COVID-19 pushes Armenian families into povertyThe government provided several one-time assistance payments in 2020Written by Chaikhana.media21 September 2021
A sweeping spate of murders rivals COVID-19's ‘third wave’ in JamaicaFor laws 'to act as a deterrent [...] there must be consequences for breaking them'Written by Emma Lewis20 September 2021
Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy union coalition to disband, cites threats to safetyNumerous civil society groups have closed under Hong Kong's NSLWritten by Hong Kong Free Press20 September 2021
Former Surinamese president Dési Bouterse convicted of murder for the second time—but will he go to prison?'Suriname is not finished with [Bouterse] yet'Written by Fausia S. Abdul19 September 2021
Saudi's first batch of women military graduates encourages more debate on gender roles'Saudi society was sharply divided between supporters and opponents'Written by Rahma Alattar19 September 2021
Singapore’s The Online Citizen news website stops operating after government suspends its licenseA judicial review has been filed questioning the suspension order Written by Mong Palatino18 September 2021