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Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
ByKaren McVeigh February 4, 2026

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not …

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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
By November 14, 2025

Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countriesChina and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, accordi…

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China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
By November 14, 2025

Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countriesChina and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, accordi…

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‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom
ByTom Levitt October 23, 2025

After fleeing Chinese repression, Uyghurs Idris and Zeynure Hasan thought their family would be safe. But Beijing’s growing influence led to Idris’s arrest and a long battle to be reunitedZeynure Hasan was at home in Istanbul in July 2021 when her husb…

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Gaza flotilla passengers allege poor conditions in detention as Israel prepares to deport dozens of activists
ByEva Corlett in Wellington October 6, 2025

Families of some aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla say they are being held without access to clean water or legal representationActivists from New Zealand detained in Israel after they were removed from vessels carrying aid to Gaza are being held in poo…

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Gaza flotilla passengers allege poor conditions in detention as Israel prepares to deport dozens of activists
ByEva Corlett in Wellington October 6, 2025

Families of some aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla say they are being held without access to clean water or legal representationActivists from New Zealand detained in Israel after they were removed from vessels carrying aid to Gaza are being held in poo…

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World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
ByPatrick Wintour in New York September 26, 2025September 26, 2025

New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate IsraelThe international community has a legal and moral duty to deny Israel “the tools of genocide”, the Malaysian foreign minister, Mohama…

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Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
ByPatrick Wintourin New York September 24, 2025

US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nati…

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Indonesia working on details of plan to treat 2,000 people from Gaza amid concerns about right to return
ByKate Lamb August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

Security ministry and the ministries of health and foreign affairs have met to discuss how the controversial proposal to treat Palestinians would workThe Indonesian government is working on plans to treat 2,000 people from war-ravaged Gaza, holding a s…

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