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Togo’s uprising: demands for democracy renewed

Youth-led resistance mounts unprecedented challenge to entrenched dynastic rule
CENTRAL AFRICA

Angola’s fuel protests express deep disenchantment

Diesel price rises unleash anger at decades of corruption, triggering a violent crackdown
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Care as a human right: a feminist legal victory

Inter-American Court demands states redistribute care work and build universal support system
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Israel must face accountability as Gaza genocide intensifies

International pressure is growing but states are still repressing civil society voices
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SDGs: accountability under threat

Funding cuts and access barriers are undermining civil society’s role to hold states to account
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Kenya: systemic violence meets brave resistance

Youth-led protest movement demands end to police brutality
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Togo’s uprising: demands for democracy renewed

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8 Sep 1965057546474971549

🇹🇷Turkey: CIVICUS discusses the recent Istanbul Pride amid the deterioration of LGBTQI+ rights in Turkey with LGBTQI+ activists Çağıl, Can Kortun and Jiyan Andiç.
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5 Sep 1963964098598625499

🇹🇯Five Indigenous Pamiri activists have died in Tajikistan’s prisons in 2025, reportedly after being denied adequate medical assistance, adding to the 40 killed and over 200 arbitrarily detained since 2021.
➡️http://web.civicus.org/Khursand-Khurramo_EN #CIVICUSLens @kh_khurramov

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5 Sep 1963946493208871158

🇬🇲In July, thousands of Gambians marched across the country in one of the largest youth-led anti-corruption mobilisations in recent history demanding transparency over the mismanagement of assets seized from Jammeh
🔗http://web.civicus.org/Ebrima-Jallow #CIVICUSLens

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5 Sep 1963917552435724297

🇦🇴Angola marks 50 years of independence this year, but instead of celebrations, the streets have erupted in what may prove to be the country’s most significant protests since liberation.
➡️http://web.civicus.org/Angola-protests #CIVICUSLens

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4 Sep 1963533665075425769

🇨🇩Les militants pour le climat mènent campagne contre un projet d'extraction pétrolière d'une ampleur sans précédent qui pourrait potentiellement couvrir plus de la moitié du territoire de la RDC.

🔗http://web.civicus.org/Emmanuel-Musuyu_FR

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