In recent years, Kyrgyzstan's rule has become increasingly authoritarian and repression of opposition voices, media and civil society has intensified, reports Freedom House 2024. Photo: Arseniy Kotov/Pexels
Of: Johanna Berzell
In March 2024 Kyrgyzstan introduced a "foreign representatives" law that requires organizations with foreign funding to be registered and audited. Lagene, reminiscent of Russia's infamous Foreign Agent Law, has awakened strong reactions . Critics believe that the law hoodr civil society's independence and limitr freedom of expression.
January 10, 2025, FUF-correspondents, News
Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in June 2017. "The military forces young people into the battlefield as human shields in order to advance," says Veronica Sällemark to Utvecklingsmagasinet. Photo: Vadim Savitsky, mil.ru/ Wikimedia Commons
Of: Agnes Fältman
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) suspects Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing of human rights violations against the Rohingya minority group. The decision highlights the crisis the country has been in since the military coup in 2021.
- There are extensive reports of human rights violations such as torture, murder and rape, says Veronica Sällemark at the Olof Palme International Center.
December 16, 2024, Interview
Women at a stall selling veils near Tripoli. Archive image. Photo: David Stanley/Flickr
Of: Agnes Fältman
Libya's Minister of the Interior doesn't that, among other things, compulsory veiling for girls from the age of nine and a ban on "inappropriate" hairstyles and clothing should be introduced. the new rules and the country's "social values" afteris followed. Amnesty International criticizes the decision and believes that it worsens discrimination against women and girls.
November 13, 2024, News
The court building that houses the Constitutional Court of Taiwan. The death penalty has long been debated in Taiwan, but this year the discussion has intensified when the Constitutional Court has to make a decisive decision. Photo: Saga Koberstein From/Utvecklingsmagasinet
Of: Saga Koberstein From
This year, a legal process has created discussions about whether or not the death penalty should be used in Taiwan. In September, the Constitutional Court's verdict finally came. The death penalty is maintained, but its exercise is limited. The reactions were not long in coming.
October 31, 2024, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
Natia Gvianishvili, senior international advocacy advisor at RFSL, believes that the new Georgian law will lead to a serious deterioration of the freedoms and rights of LGBTQI people. Photo: RFSL
Of: Benjamin Frisk
Around Eastern Europe, the struggle for the rights of LGBTQI people can be said to balance on the thin line between hope and despair. In Georgia, politics is marked by contradictions between the ambition of EU membership and controversial legislation that regulates civil society, the media and now the rights of LGBTQI people.
October 29, 2024, Interview
In Kutupalong, which is the world's largest refugee camp, almost a million Rohingya refugees live today, waiting for a safe return to their homeland Myanmar. The refugees lack work permits in Bangladesh and are therefore dependent on international humanitarian aid. Photo: Captain Raju. Source: Wikimedia commons.
Of: Adam hansen
The situation is uncertain for Rthe ohingya people in Southeast Asia. The vital humanitarian assistance has been reduced to the refugee camps in Bangladesh, where close to a million rohingy is located. At the same time, violence is escalating in the homeland of Myanmar, which threatens the uncertain future of the ethnic group.
March 5, 2024, Reportage
In May 2023, a strict anti-gay law came into force in Uganda. This has drastically changed the lives of many LGBTQI people in the country, who have either had to flee or risk facing oppression and persecution at home. Utvecklingsmagasinet spoke to two of them. Image: fanton_rd/Canva
Of: Ellinor Berglund
2023 Uganda's parliament passed a strict bill om hharsher punishments for LGBTQI people, which The development magazine reported on. Despite international criticism, the law finally came into force in May – which has put LGBTQI people and activists in the country in an even more vulnerable position than before. Development magazine has spoken to John Cyprian and Rebecca N Naava - two ¥ Ugandan LGBTQI people who have both been affected by the change in the law.
- I'm keeping my fingers crossed that LGBTQI people in Uganda will feel safe, because it's hell there out, saygives John Cyprian.
February 5, 2024, Reportage
Poland is facing a change of government - but the road there is not entirely easy. Pictured: The leaders from the Citizens' Coalition are presented by Donald Tusk, former Prime Minister and President of the European Council (second person from the right). Photo: Club Lewisy. Source: Flickr.
Of: Edwin Borg
In October, the people of Poland voted for the Citizens' Coalition as the winning party. Now the parties, under the leadership of Donald Tusk, aim to end a dark chapter of gradual erosion of the country's democracy. But even if the majority is secured, a complex road ahead awaits with political uncertainty and a struggle for government power against the ruling Law and Justice party.
December 4, 2023, Development magazine explains
Several events during the Brazilian Carnival touch on issues of democracy and racism. Ilú Obá De Min is a group of Afro-Brazilian women in São Paulo who, through their drum parade, want to maintain and spread Afro-Brazilian culture in a country where black people are often discriminated against. Photo: Carmel Kotzen and Vilma Ellemark.
Of: Vilma Ellemark
Carnival in Brazil is not just a place for partying and pickpocketing – as many associate it with. In samba parades and street parties, various social problems are raised in creative ways. - It's not just a street party. It is a force for self-expression and resistance, expresses the Afro-Brazilian organization Ilú Obá De Min in connection with its drum parade.
July 11, 2023, Reportage
France is one of the countries that has built a border wall to prevent irregular migration and fight terrorism. Pictured: Demonstration against border controls in Calais. Photo: police62. Source: Wikimedia commons.
Of: Vendela Permat's Hammarbäck
Several countries are tightening their border controls and building border walls to reduce the influx of refugees and migrants. France is one of the countries that has built a border wall for this reason. At the same time, a study shows that border walls do not stop migration.
July 11, 2023, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
