INTERVIEWS

KENYA: ‘These days it feels like everyone is an activist’

Felix Kiprono | KENYA

FREEDOMS

EAST AFRICA

12.Jul.2026

MEXICO: ‘Our call for justice for our missing loved ones must reach the world just as World Cup goals do’

Ana Enamorado | MEXICO

GUATEMALA: ‘Criminalisation seeks to instil fear so no one dares question anything’

Mario Polanco | GUATEMALA

LEBANON: ‘Lasting peace requires far more than a temporary suspension of hostilities’

Ziad Abdel Samad | LEBANON

CONFLICT | CRISIS

MIDDLE EAST

09.Jul.2026

LABOUR RIGHTS: ‘International institutions can give meaningful answers to questions affecting millions of people’

Luc Triangle | BELGIUM

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

08.Jul.2026

MEXICO: ‘Defending sovereignty is no excuse for restricting rights’

Leopoldo Maldonado | MEXICO

BOLIVIA: ‘In times of crisis, civil society can provide the calm that politics and the streets have lost’

Daniel Moreno | BOLIVIA

INDONESIA: ‘We hope that those who take part in Pride events elsewhere also march for us’

Lini Zurlia | INDONESIA

INCLUSION

SOUTHEAST ASIA

05.Jul.2026

ECUADOR: ‘Defending rights should not be a high-risk activity’

Mauricio Alarcón | ECUADOR

DJIBOUTI: ‘Silence is the mechanism that makes authoritarianism possible’

Zineb Haddaji | FRANCE

FREEDOMS

EAST AFRICA

03.Jul.2026

OUR 2026 INTERVIEWS, MAPPED

INTERVIEWS

CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

26 May 2059228135896306158

#Myanmar's military leader faces genocide charges in Indonesia. Tun Khin explains: justice means returning to land and restoring rights that were taken away.
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26 May 2059190350648918213

#Peru's youth protested pension restrictions and faced deadly police repression. Jackelinne Ponce Paredes warns: mainstream media ridiculed them but they kept organising.
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25 May 2058834261508055342

#Botswana decriminalised same-sex relations, but conservative groups are mobilising against LGBTQI+ rights ahead of a critical marriage equality case.

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23 May 2058080609952477384

#Iran's regime is executing political prisoners under cover of war and internet blackout. Narges Mohammadi and others face grave dangers. Urgent priority must be given to protecting human rights activists.

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22 May 2057719409892839463

#Bahrain is seeking the death penalty for peaceful protest. Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha warns: the death penalty is a tool of political suppression.
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