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In past elections results were tampered with and reversed, ballot boxes were seized and results cancelled in key constituencies

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…

Surveillance technology is increasingly being used to monitor civilians.

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

Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe after its liberation but became its oppressor. Photo: Archive

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.

Hungary, Tiszabecs: A woman fleeing war and Russian attack from Ukraine with a little girl crosses the border into Hungary in the Hungarian municipality of Tiszabecs. The border between Hungary and Ukraine is about 140 kilometers long. (Marton Monus/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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

By threatening students and academics, the Indian government seeks to create a compliant nation. But it is also a push towards disaster. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

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.

(John McCann/M&G)

We have become spectators in our own democracy

The discontent we feel must mobilise citizens towards agitating for radical change, not aimless rebellion