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Backward steps on the death penalty

Iran is executing an average of two people a day.

2026 World Cup: own goals for human rights

The latest World Cup has been thrilling.

Guatemala: narrow opening in a captured justice system

Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala's presidency in 2023 with a mandate to dismantle the 'pact of the corrupt', the coalition of business, military and political interests that's captured the justice system to ensure impunity.

Pride in a time of anti-rights backlash

For a movement that spent decades measuring its progress in newly recognised rights, the 2026 Pride season is telling a harder story.

The cost of the AI boom: communities take on datacentres

Datacentre construction is accelerating as tech companies race to meet the insatiable AI demand for computing power.

Peru: a knife-edge election and an ongoing crisis

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru's presidential runoff, narrowly defeating leftist Roberto Sánchez to become the country's ninth president in a decade.

Tunisia's demolition of civic space

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has turned the country's criminal justice system into a weapon of political control, jailing civil society staff, human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents for the crime of criticising him.

UN Security Council: new members, old crisis

Five new non-permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council have recently been chosen.

Colombia: polarisation the winner

Colombia's 21 June presidential runoff will have far-reaching consequences.

Armenia's westward turn overshadowed by personal rule

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won re-election on a promise to pivot towards the European Union and reset the country's regional relations following the end of the country's long conflict with Azerbaijan.

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