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In January 2017, the streets of Banjul, the tiny capital of The Gambia, fell silent. Shops shuttered. Families packed bags. Tens of thousands of people streamed across the border into Senegal – not because war had broken out, but because a deadline was approaching.

Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as ‘the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power’.

As kush spreads across Liberia, families face the fallout while traffickers remain largely out of reach.

State Repression of Civil Society and Protest Rights in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir July 2026 By Juliana Girotto Student activists protest in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday after unrest during the first phase of voting for the local legislature in the part of Kashmir it administers. Farooq Naeem / AFP via Getty Images Since early June 2026, authorities in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have carried out an escalating crackdown on protest movements

Peru's newly inaugurated President Fujimori vows military-led crackdown on crime. Peru's newly inaugurated President Keiko Fujimori - the ninth in just a decade - pledged to deploy the armed forces to crime-ridden areas and adopt a hardline security strategy as Peru grapples with its worst wave of gang violence, extortion and illegal mining in decades. July 28, 2026 By FRANCE 24 Peru's President Keiko Fujimori speaking after taking the oath of office. Photo: AFP. Peru's conse

By Vladimir Kovtun Roma family: Galina and Vijai and their young children. © OHCHR/Vincent Tremeau Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Moldova has continued to experience authoritarian influence and weak rule of law. Most recently, from 2015 to 2019, the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc effectively controlled Moldova and entrenched a system of corruption and oppression towards opposition figures. Despite the election of the more democratic Party of Action and Solidary