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Mass protest movements sparked by national tragedies call for systemic change

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Planned convention on the rights of older persons will fill a crucial gap

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South Sudan’s potential path to civil war

Peace agreement breached amid broken democratic promises and renewed ethnic violence

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The disappeared: Mexico’s industrial-scale human rights crisis

Brave mothers of the missing help expose a national tragedy

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The price of protest: Greenpeace hit with huge penalty

US court case highlights global trend of corporate SLAPPs against civil society

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New law criminalises LGBTQI+ visibility

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09.May.2025

From grief to action: demands for democratic renewal across the Balkans

Mass protest movements sparked by national tragedies call for systemic change

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

08.May.2025

Rights in an ageing world

Planned convention on the rights of older persons will fill a crucial gap

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06.May.2025

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Tunisia’s demolished democracy: presidential crackdown intensifies

Mass trial delivers decades-long sentences

‘Despite deep-rooted prejudice against Dalits, encouraging shifts are emerging among young urban people’

‘Rather than strengthening democratic institutions, the government is entrenching military power’

Andrie Yunus | INDONESIA

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SOUTHEAST ASIA

13.May.2025

‘Our legal challenge of the funding freeze is testing the judiciary’s ability to check executive power’

Eric Bjornlund | UNITED STATES

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12.May.2025

‘Trans rights are human rights, and those don’t stop at borders’

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#CIVICUSLens: #AIGovernance has been welcomed by countries around the world. While tech giants form defence partnerships, regulatory efforts falter. What does this mean to human rights?

We discuss this with @fgiandana, Policy Analyst at @accessnow 🔗 http://web.civicus.org/FrancoGiandana

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5 Mar 1897316179489767629

#CIVICUSLens: Big tech cozy up to Trump 2.0. Meta's on board, others are ditching DEI. Musk joins the admin, slashing aid & putting lives at risk. AI safeguards are being rolled back.

Should civil society step up & lead the charge on tech regulation? 🔗 http://web.civicus.org/USA-tech-leaders

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15 Sep 1835306322327109767

Check out our latest articles on the intensified criminalisation of Hong Kong's civil society, the upcoming #SummitoftheFuture & the controversial elections in Algeria
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#CIVICUSLens @hk_watch @AmnestyUN @ensured_eu @save_children @ISHRglobal

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Explore our latest interviews on women’s rights in Afghanistan, the effects of deep-sea mining on the environment and the fight against repression in Nicaragua, Uganda and Kenya. Learn more at https://lens.civicus.org #CIVICUSLens

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🇰🇪Kenya has witnessed a sharp rise in femicide and gender-based violence, despite strong laws in place. Civil society is stepping up to demand justice, and the government must collaborate with them to end GBV.
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From grief to action: demands for democratic renewal across the Balkans

Rights in an ageing world

South Sudan’s potential path to civil war

The disappeared: Mexico’s industrial-scale human rights crisis

The price of protest: Greenpeace hit with huge penalty

Hungary’s war on Pride

LATEST ARTICLES

Australia’s powerful rebuke to Trump-style populism

From grief to action: demands for democratic renewal across the Balkans

Rights in an ageing world

Tunisia’s demolished democracy: presidential crackdown intensifies

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‘Despite deep-rooted prejudice against Dalits, encouraging shifts are emerging among young urban people’

‘Rather than strengthening democratic institutions, the government is entrenching military power’

‘Our legal challenge of the funding freeze is testing the judiciary’s ability to check executive power’

‘Trans rights are human rights, and those don’t stop at borders’