Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Members of the European Parliament who are pregnant or on maternity will in future be able to vote by proxy, if the 27 EU members ratify the measure adopted by the European Parliament. One MEP said losing one's vote in such circumstances is "anti-democratic".
Dozens of people in Bahrain are losing their citizenship for allegedly expressing “sympathy” for Iran. Critics are calling it a “dangerous era of repression”.
After After 1,860 days in a high-security prison in Belarus, journalist Andrzej Poczobut is free again. The Polish government hailed the release as a success resulting from cooperation with the United States.
Under Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, human rights groups have documented the criminalisation, harassment and attacks on activists and others for their activism. Now Amnesty International has spoken out.
Authorities in the Central African country of Chad have arrested opposition politicians planning a march next month, on "public order" grounds. Beset by poverty and host to a million refugees from Sudan, Chad is nevertheless sending troops to keep order in Haiti.
The extremist Alternative for Germany is riding high in the opinion polls as Chancellor Merz's government battles economic headwinds largely beyond its control. A state-level election looms in a state where support for the party is approaching 40%.
The trial has begun of a Syrian man accused of torture, murder and other crimes committed while he served as a prison guard in Damascus in 2011 and 2012 at the start of the Syrian civil war.
A German court has ruled against conducting identity checks along internal borders within the Schengen area. Germany's justification for the suspension of Schengen rules was not soundly based, the Koblenz court said in a ruling likely to have wider ramifications.
Five pro-Palestinian activists alleged to have trashed an Israeli arms company's premises in Ulm in southern Germany have gone on trial in Stuttgart. The "Ulm 5", who have various European nationalities, were cheered as they entered the courtroom.
Iran authorities have felt the need to justify a continuing internet shutdown seen by many Iranians as discriminatory, as a tentative ceasefire holds. The judicial authorities meanwhile are continuing to carry out executions largely related to the January protests.
