Documents Taliban consolidation of authoritarian control over a previously more cosmopolitan city, suppressing social freedoms and enforcing conformity through top-down governance.
Women at a street market in Herat, Afghanistan, in 2023.
Documents state persecution and imprisonment of activist for pro-democracy protest participation, demonstrating authoritarian suppression… [more]
Documents erosion of democratic institutions and questioning of election legitimacy in a major democracy, indicating authoritarian… [more]
Pakistani authorities using physical infrastructure as a tool to suppress opposition protests and restrict democratic participation… [more]