INTERVIEWS

‘Many women escape North Korea to experience the freedoms they are denied’

Kyeong Min Shin | SOUTH KOREA

FREEDOMS

EAST ASIA

07.Nov.2022

‘We shouldn’t even be discussing why civil society needs to have a seat in climate talks’

Ayisha Siddiqa | GLOBAL

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

04.Nov.2022

‘Civil society’s participation in COP27 is important because it represents the voices of communities’

Chibeze Ezekiel | GHANA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

04.Nov.2022

‘We doubt that we will be able to mobilise as we did around COP26’

Sohanur Rahman | GLOBAL

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

03.Nov.2022

‘Civil society must get involved because political actors cannot find a solution to our problems’

Monique Clesca | HAITI

‘The main challenge is to consolidate legally recognised rights and prevent backsliding’

Carmen Miquel Acosta | SPAIN

‘Climate justice requires debt cancellation, reparations and non-debt climate finance for small island developing states’

Tariq Al-Olaimy | BAHRAIN

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

01.Nov.2022

‘The main culprits of the current crisis are bank owners and their greed for profit’

Alaa Khorchid | LEBANON

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

MIDDLE EAST

31.Oct.2022

‘For a major segment of civil society security is a more urgent concern than democracy’

Kop’ep Dabugat | BURKINA FASO

‘Mahsa Amini’s case was a spark in a flammable situation’

Sohrab Razaghi | IRAN

FREEDOMS

MIDDLE EAST

25.Oct.2022

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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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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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