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Credit: Vladimir Zivojinovic/Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, January 26, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jan 26 (IPS) – Serbia’s December 2023 elections saw the ruling party…
Read more Serbia’s Suspicious ElectionCredit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, January 12, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jan 12 (IPS) – Bangladesh just held an election.…
Read more Bangladesh: Election with a Foregone ConclusionCredit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) – The need to act on…
Read more COP28: Climate Summit in Closed Civic SpaceCredit: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 18 (IPS) – Civic space is deteriorating in Senegal…
Read more Senegal: Democracy in the Balance?Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 28 (IPS) – Nepal is the latest country to…
Read more Nepals Same-Sex Marriage BreakthroughCredit: Eswatini Government/Twitter Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 21 (IPS) – Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled…
Read more Eswatini: Election with No Democracy on the HorizonOpinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 23 (IPS) – The violence keeps coming in Myanmar, under military rule since February 2021.…
Read more Myanmar: Military Junta Gets a Free PassCredit: Yan Zhao/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 09, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 09 (IPS) – Nothing was more predictable than repression.…
Read more Hong Kongs Lights of Freedom ExtinguishedCredit: Victor Drachev/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 05 (IPS) – Where will you be in 2040?…
Read more Uzbekistan: A President for Life?Credit: Pita Simpson/Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 28 (IPS) – It’s been a time of significant change in…
Read more Fiji: Deeper Democracy or Continuing Danger?Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 21 (IPS) – The current fighting in Sudan marks the failure of supposed processes for…
Read more Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition PlanOpinion by Ines M Pousadela, Andrew Firmin (london / montevideo) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) – Brave protests against women’s second-class…
Read more Civil Society a Vital Force for Change Against the OddsOpinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 17 (IPS) – Georgian civil society can breathe a sigh of relief. A proposed repressive…
Read more Georgia: Danger Averted, for NowOpinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 15 (IPS) – Last October, Ales Bialiatski was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was…
Read more Belarus: A Prison State in EuropeOpinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 24 (IPS) – Over the year since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, on…
Read more Russia and Ukraine: Civil Society Repression and ResponseOpinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) – Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An…
Read more Eswatini: Democracy a Matter of Life and Death
