Defending Democracy in a “Topsy-Turvy” World By Zofeen Ebrahim Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

BANGKOK, Nov 1 2025 (IPS) - It is a bleak global moment—with civil society actors battling assassinations, imprisonment, fabricated charges, and funding cuts to pro-democracy movements in a world gripped by inequality, climate chaos, and rising authoritarianism. Yet, the mood at Bangkok’s Thammasat University was anything but defeated. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/defending-democracy-in-a-topsy-turvy-world/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US_Skips_HighLevel_Presence_at_COP_Climate_Summit_Whats_Now_Needed_is_Political_Courage_Says_UN_SG_G Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.