INTERVIEWS

TOGO: ‘The connection between economic hardship and politics drove people to the streets’

Esso-Dong Kongah | TOGO

FREEDOMS

WEST AFRICA

23.May.2026

ESWATINI: ‘US deportees remain locked up in a maximum-security prison without due process’

Sibusiso Nhlabatsi | ESWATINI

INCLUSION

SOUTHERN AFRICA

22.May.2026

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ‘A strong Secretary-General could revive the UN, but a weak one could oversee its destruction’

Aditi Gorur | UNITED STATES

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

21.May.2026

TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION: ‘China feels emboldened to globalise its political red lines’

Barbora Bukovská | UNITED KINGDOM

FREEDOMS

GLOBAL

19.May.2026

UN RESOLUTION ON SLAVERY: ‘A crime continues to exist so long as it hasn’t been repaired’

Liliane Umubyeyi | FRANCE

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

18.May.2026

NIGERIA: ‘Protests will keep happening, because bad governance keeps happening’

Fareed Ibrahim | NIGERIA

FREEDOMS

WEST AFRICA

17.May.2026

PHILIPPINES: ‘Change doesn’t come all at once, but in accumulated milestones’

Reighn Claire Ochosa | PHILIPPINES

FREEDOMS

SOUTHEAST ASIA

16.May.2026

MYANMAR: ‘Justice means returning to our land and restoring the rights that have been taken away’

Tun Khin | UNITED KINGDOM

CONFLICT | CRISIS

SOUTHEAST ASIA

15.May.2026

DIGITAL RIGHTS: ‘The priority should be holding tech companies accountable, not banning children from the digital world’

Marie-Ève Nadeau | BELGIUM

FREEDOMS

GLOBAL

14.May.2026

HUNGARY: ‘Civil society’s role is to ensure democratic restoration is genuine and inclusive’

Márta Pardavi | HUNGARY

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

13.May.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.

Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Botswana-penal-code

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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.

Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Iran-political-prisoners

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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.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Sayed-Yusuf-Almuhafdha
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