INTERVIEWS

‘Repression sends a sobering message to anyone toying with the idea of organising for rights’

Joaquín Elo | EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FREEDOMS

CENTRAL AFRICA

06.Jun.2024

EN ES

‘The court sent a message that LGBTQI+ people are human beings entitled to all rights and freedoms’

‘We don’t need a new media law, but proper implementation of the existing one’

Fabián Werner | URUGUAY

‘Civil society can still defeat the foreign agents bill if it plans and acts strategically’

Gürkan Özturan | TURKEY

FREEDOMS

EUROPE

03.Jun.2024

‘The coalition agreement softened the far-right’s stance, but the new government won’t defend minorities’

Thijs Berman | THE NETHERLANDS

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

02.Jun.2024

‘A free press is the ultimate antidote to the fog of war’

Carlos Martínez de la Serna | GAZA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

MIDDLE EAST

31.May.2024

‘Sadly, the most notable feature of the campaign is the number of candidates killed’

Luis Eduardo Medina Torres | MEXICO

‘The state is trying to reimpose fear so people don’t dare exercise their rights’

Johanna Cilano | CUBA

‘The Tiananmen massacre set the regime on the path it is still on today’

‘Advancing LGBTQI+ rights requires advocacy, awareness-raising and a concerted effort to foster a culture of inclusion’

Tim Prudhoe | TURKS AND CAICOS

INCLUSION

CARIBBEAN

29.May.2024

OUR 2026 INTERVIEWS, MAPPED

INTERVIEWS

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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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