INTERVIEWS

‘Judicial harassment and criminal prosecution have wearing effects’

Carlos Ernesto Choc | GUATEMALA

FREEDOMS

CENTRAL AMERICA

03.May.2023

EN ES

‘People are beginning to realise that we need real and systemic change’

Sieger Sloot | THE NETHERLANDS

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

EUROPE

24.Apr.2023

UN PLASTICS TREATY: ‘It is up to civil society to speak up for the public when their governments won’t’

Aidan Charron | GLOBAL

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

21.Apr.2023

‘They put a black hood over my face and took me to the airport’

Syed Fawad Ali Shah | PAKISTAN

FREEDOMS

SOUTH ASIA

20.Apr.2023

‘We have concerns about state functions being used to dictate and define morality’

‘We dream of hundreds of thousands demonstrating for democracy, equality and human rights’

Debbie Gild-Hayo | ISRAEL

DEMOCRACY

MIDDLE EAST

18.Apr.2023

UN PLASTICS TREATY: ‘Human health and the environment must come first’

Vito Buonsante | GLOBAL

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

12.Apr.2023

EN ES FR

‘The criminalisation of solidarity has had a chilling effect’

Melina Spathari | GREECE

INCLUSION

EUROPE

06.Apr.2023

‘Rather than a real security policy, what the government has is an electoral strategy’

César Artiga | EL SALVADOR

‘There are attempts to replace the pro-European government with a pro-Kremlin puppet regime’

Victoria Nemerenco | MOLDOVA

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

23.Mar.2023

OUR 2026 INTERVIEWS, MAPPED

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.
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CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

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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CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

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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CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

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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CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

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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