This issue provides an overview of key developments affecting human rights and democratic space worldwide. It examines a range of concerns, including rising antisemitic violence, political killings, arbitrary arrests, renewed abuses in detention, and immigration extremism in the United States, offering context on how repression continues to shape lives across regions. Additionally, the newsletter features insights from two research papers presented at the Toronto Democracy Forum, including analysis on community-based resistance to extremism in Pakistan and principled civil disobedience as a response to systemic injustice.
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