Russian anarchist writer Pyotr Ryabov was recently imprisoned and deported from Belarus. I asked him about freedom of assembly, the power of the hunger strike and why history lectures are a threat to authoritarian rule. RU

Syrian citizens are fleeing from their war-torn homeland, and some of them have chosen Russia as their country of asylum. But life for them here is also a struggle. RU

As the opposition splinters, the line between protest and destabilisation grows thinner in Ukrainian minds.

Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between extremism and chaos or autocracy.

Diplomatic games are being played in and around Ukraine. But officially recognising a Russian invasion is the only way toward peace. RU 

But will the Russian authorities deliver on their pledges to Investigate?

In Russia, law enforcement quickly puts pressure on prisoners who come forward about torture inside the prison system. RU

My husband was kidnapped on the streets of Tbilisi and ended up in an Azerbaijani jail cell. Four months on, I’ve got no answers — only more questions. 

The decreasing number of migrants arriving on Italian shores does not mean that the people stopped fleeing persecution, violence, or poverty, but simply stopped arriving. Where are they? 

One can only wonder how the HRC can maintain its credibility while its member states are actively working against the council’s very raison d’être of protecting human rights.

Due to Egypt’s dire political and economic situation, pain and alienation are bound to be a feature of the lives of many for years to come.

The unlikely alliance between the FARC and the Trans Community Network in Colombia provides grounds for hope in the building of peace and a dignified existence for transgender people. Español

The Indigenous Territorial Emergency Law, which restrains legal evictions and prevents native communities from losing their ancestral lands expires in November. There are about 1500 communities in danger. Español

As borders are increasingly militarised and their operation privatised, migration, more than ever before, is also an anti-militarist struggle.

When states criminalise help, is it a sign of active citizenship to disobey?

It is time for the issue of race to become central to any discussion on the continued exploitation of workers in the Gulf.

Indigenous and afro-descendant peoples from Brazil are facing setbacks usually found in countries with no rule of law. The judiciary is their only hope. Español Português

Hazem Abu Rajab’s family was forcibly displaced from its home in Hebron’s old city by Israeli settlers.

Supporting BDS will hasten an end to the siege on Gaza and help lance a running sore in the Middle East and international relations. It deserves your support.

In the face of institutional failure in defending democracy and basic rights, civil society action is the last line of defence.