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  • Although Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements, unfortunately they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas.
    India and the BJP

    The Modi decade

    From the expansion of India's infrastructure to rapid technological diffusion, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements. Unfortunately, writes Shashi Tharoor, they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas

  • Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday at the start of a visit aimed at boosting bilateral ties and the oil kingdom’s standing in the international community. But human rights groups warn that the Saudis' gain is France’s loss.

    Rebranded MbS meets Macron: Rights groups decry 'hypocrisy'

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The visit aims to boost bilateral ties and the oil kingdom's international standing. But human rights groups warn that the Saudis' gain is France’s loss.

  • The run-off between Turkish presidential candidates Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu will take place on 28 May. Why were so many surprised by the initial outcome? And why the opposition's sudden political shift to the right?
    Turkey election run-off

    Too much politics of fear from Kilicdaroglu?

    Turkey's presidential run-off between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu takes place on 28 May. Why were so many surprised by the initial outcome? And why the opposition's sudden political shift to the right? Political scientist Berk Esen talks to Ceyda Nurtsch

  • Retired civil servant Kemal Kilicdaroglu has pushed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into an election runoff – the first of the country's post-Ottoman history.
    Turkish elections

    Turkey's Erdogan pushed to historic run-off

    Retired civil servant Kemal Kilicdaroglu has pushed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into an election runoff – the first of the country's post-Ottoman history. It was a bittersweet result that left the opposition leader's supporters frustrated following a heated night of vote counting

  • Some 5.2 million young Turks will vote for the first time in the May 14 presidential and legislative elections, and they could be key to deciding the country’s future.
    Generation Erdogan

    More than 5 million young Turks to vote for the first time

    Some 5.2 million young Turks will vote for the first time in the May 14 presidential and legislative elections, and they could be key to deciding the country’s future

  • Freedom of speech in Lebanon

    Jail? Don't make me laugh!

    In June 2022, Lebanese comedian Shaden Fakih was court-martialled for allegedly humiliating the security forces. She talked to Lena Bopp about coming out on live television, sexism on the comedy scene and the changes in her country

  • Turkey

    What if Kemal Kilicdaroglu wins Turkey’s election?

    It seems that only an act of God could dislodge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Maybe the February 6 earthquake was just that.

  • Parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled for 14 May, with the polls pointing to a close race. So which parties are backing Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election alliance?
    Election run-up in Turkey

    Who are Erdogan's allies?

    Parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled for 14 May, with the polls pointing to a close race. Elmas Topcu takes a look at the parties that support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election alliance

  • From 7 September 2022 to 30 January 2023, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death, Rahul Gandhi walked 4,000 km through 12 states, 75 districts and 2 union territories from the south of India to the contested north, demonstrating against the government’s divisive policies and rhetoric under Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
    India opposition and the Bharat Jodo Yatra

    Rahul Gandhi marches for unity

    From September 2022 to January 2023, Rahul Gandhi walked the length of India to demonstrate against Narendra Modi and the BJP's divisive policies and rhetoric. Sentenced to two years for 'Modi' defamation on 24 March, Gandhi has now been stripped of his parliamentary mandate. Sonja Hegasy met with political observer S. M. Faizan Ahmed, who joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Delhi

  • Members of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion have allegedly carried out extrajudicial killings of activists.
    Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion

    Inside the death squad

    Bangladesh's elite counterterrorism force is committing extrajudicial killings, DW and Netra News reveal in a new investigation. Insiders confirm high-ranking approval. By Christian Caurla, Naomi Conrad, Arafatul Islam and Birgitta Schuelke

  • Amnesty International has organised a number of protests in Europe, calling for the ever-increasing number of political prisoners in Egypt to be freed.
    Press freedom in Egypt?

    Mada Masr journalists to stand trial

    Reporters from one of Egypt's last remaining independent media outlets are preparing for what activists criticise is a politically motivated trial. The international community should be doing more to help, they say. By Cathrin Schaer

  • Detention in Egypt

    Cairo's model Badr prison rife with abuse

    A new prison, touted by Egypt as a model for reform, that holds some of its most prominent prisoners denies inmates healthcare and subjects them to punitive treatment including isolation, relatives of those inside and rights groups say.

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