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Can an op­po­si­tion ac­tivist in Rus­sia suc­cess­ful­ly chal­lenge the might of the coun­try’s pres­i­dent?

A film­mak­er re­flects on ob­serv­ing Rus­sia’s grass­roots pro-democ­ra­cy move­ment as those with­in it size up their next move.

One man ex­plains why he has de­cid­ed to take on the au­thor­i­ties in a bid to stop Rus­sia be­com­ing an au­thor­i­tar­i­an state.

Can Isayas help pro­tect fel­low African refugees in Is­rael from vi­o­lence, dis­crim­i­na­tion and an un­cer­tain fu­ture?

Can a pas­sion­ate new group that is em­brac­ing nov­el forms of ac­tion fight racism in Is­rael?

Mu­sic pro­duced to help voice An­golans’ griev­ances against the gov­ern­ment has now be­come a main tool for ac­tivism.

Can young ac­tivists in­spired by An­go­la’s un­der­ground rap scene take on a po­lit­i­cal elite that has ruled for decades?

Brand­ed a ‘ter­ror­ist’ by the Chilean gov­ern­ment, one man is fight­ing to save his an­ces­tral lands from de­struc­tion.

Chile’s in­dige­nous Ma­puche are fight­ing to pro­tect and re­claim their an­ces­tral lands from the gov­ern­ment and for­eign com

One ac­tivist is or­gan­is­ing Mum­bai’s slum-dwellers as they face evic­tion to make way for up­mar­ket de­vel­op­ments.