INTERVIEWS

‘We need enforceable legal tools to hold governments accountable for climate inaction’

Alfred Lahai Brownell | LIBERIA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

AFRICA

03.Jul.2025

‘Expanding defence spending without proper accountability could weaken rather than strengthen security’

Francesca Grandi | SWITZERLAND

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

02.Jul.2025

‘Only a handful of environmental organisations still dare challenge corporate projects in court’

Cristinel Buzatu | ROMANIA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

EUROPE

01.Jul.2025

‘Authoritarian laws outlast authoritarian rulers, so we must dismantle them’

Taqbir Huda | BANGLADESH

DEMOCRACY

SOUTH ASIA

30.Jun.2025

‘This security decree is the biggest attack on the right to protest in the history of the Italian Republic’

Pasquale Prencipe | ITALY

‘Democratic states have been slow to recognise Chinese transnational repression on their soil’

Scilla Alecci | UNITED STATES

FREEDOMS

EAST ASIA

25.Jun.2025

‘The Pandemic Agreement is a work in advanced progress: we are close to the finish line, but not there yet’

Jaume Vidal | THE NETHERLANDS

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

23.Jun.2025

‘Enabling machines to make life and death decisions is morally unjustifiable’

Nicole van Rooijen | SWITZERLAND

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

20.Jun.2025

‘The roots of young people’s political disengagement lie in their lack of representation’

‘It’s time for states to commit to binding reforms of the international financial system’

Elena Marmo | UNITED STATES

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

18.Jun.2025

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INTERVIEWS

CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

29 Jan 2016753285059785158

Uganda’s presidential election extended Yoweri Museveni’s four-decade rule amid repression, violence and a hollowed-out civic space. While democratic forms remain, dissent is increasingly neutralised.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Uganda-elections
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23 Jan 2014631757165830283

Protests against corruption spread across African countries as living costs rise & public services fail. In this interview, Ruth Kolevsohn explains why global systems struggle to confront political corruption.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Ruth-Kolevsohn
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22 Jan 2014273135659352411

Belarus has seen limited political prisoner releases amid ongoing repression. In this interview, Mikola Dziadok reflects on why freedom must be defended consistently, as many detainees remain behind bars.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Mikola-Dziadok
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21 Jan 2013862928135360874

Violence continues in eastern DRC despite a peace agreement signed in 2025. In this interview, Crispin Ngakani explains how economic and strategic interests are prolonging a decades-long conflict.
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‘Behind the rhetoric of peace and stability, economic and strategic interests are prolonging the...

CIVICUS discusses the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with Crispin Ngakani, a Cong...

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20 Jan 2013550876254761336

HIV remains a global public health and human rights issue, with marginalised communities most affected by criminalisation & stigma. Samuel Matsikure explains why civic space & community leadership are key to change.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Samuel-Matsikure
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