Thousands of young people took to the streets across Peru in nationwide marches protesting government corruption and economic insecurity, just five days after former President Dina Boluarte was impeached, reports Ben Radford.
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For three days, the streets of Timor-Leste’s capital Dili have been filled with thousands of young protesters, led largely by Timor-Leste’s Generation Z, frustrated by perks for parliamentarians, while their generation suffers poor education and an uncertain economic future, writes Ato ‘Lekinawa’ da Costa.
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Students and community members in Serbia have been blockading, protesting and building the largest anti-corruption movement Europe has seen in recent history. Sofija Filipovic returned there just in time to participate in one of the latest actions.
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The wave of student-led anti-government protests continues to grow in Serbia, sparked by an awning collapse at the Novi Sad train station that killed 15 people, reports Sofija Filipovic.
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France’s Thales defence group offices were raided in France, the Netherlands and Spain, with prosecutors pursuing charges related to corruption, attempts to influence foreign officials and money laundering. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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The unjust jailing of climate activist Violet CoCo exposes the limits of the type of democracy we are being asked to uphold, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was finally sent to jail on August 23, more than two years after he was convicted of corruption, reports Peter Boyle.
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The fallout from the former deputy Premier John Barilaro’s attempt to snare a plum New York trade commissioner job continues with damning new revelations almost every week. Jim McIlroy reports.
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The revelation that Spain's former king will probably get off scot-free on allegations of corruption has shone a torch down the sewer of the Spanish state, writes Dick Nichols.
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International solidarity is needed to support the growing internal calls for democracy in Eswatini, reports Maxime Bowen.
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Guatemalans have been mobilising across the country since July 29 against government corruption scandals and the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports People's Dispatch.
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There are growing calls for Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to resign over his government’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, corruption and brutality, reports Susan Price.