Thread by @malloch_brown

This year we witnessed some of the greatest challenges to open society values of our time. I'm hopeful that we can look to the progress we anticipate what’s over the horizon for this next year. Here are a few things that give me hope for 2023.

We were reminded in January that justice is possible with a landmark verdict in the first torture trial against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/first…

2022 was also the year we said we would never abandon Ukraine. As Ukrainians push for accountability and healing amid the hard work of rebuilding and resilience we'll be with them every step of the way.
opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/open-…

The year 2022 would see further triumphs against authoritarianism at the ballot box in #Chile, #Colombia, and #Brazil. In Colombia, the Constitutional Court decriminalised abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy - a huge victory for the global reproductive rights movement.

The Digital Services Act was announced in the EU, holding Big Tech accountable for amplifying disinformation, hate speech, and much more just in time for this website's new owner [two eyes emoji]
politico.eu/article/eu-str…

Scientists in #SouthAfrica and #Senegal are working to produce vaccines for Africa—including the continent’s first mRNA shots—with implications for efforts to manage other epidemics in the region, now and in the future.

Earlier this fall we polled 21,000 people living in 22 countries to gauge public opinion on key issues facing the world today. The results show that we have more in common than one might assume. opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/f…

I could do a much longer thread on what marks progress this year but it would take more tweets than is advisable so I urge you to follow @OpenSociety - stay engaged, stay curious in this next year. But first I hope you also get to enjoy a tiny bit of rest. See you all next year!