INTERVIEWS

‘The government’s true motivation is to control the public narrative and silence dissent’

Naaif Ahmed | MALDIVES

FREEDOMS

SOUTH ASIA

24.Oct.2025

‘The global reach of the UN Convention against Cybercrime makes strong oversight critical’

Pavlina Pavlova | AUSTRIA

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

23.Oct.2025

‘Turkmen authorities are carrying out a systematic campaign to eliminate independent voices’

Diana Dadasheva and Gülala Hasanova | TURKMENISTAN

FREEDOMS

CENTRAL ASIA

22.Oct.2025

‘Young people have lost their fear and realised change requires constant participation’

Wildalr Lozano | PERU

‘US counterterrorism laws make it increasingly difficult for civil society organisations to fulfil their missions’

Poorvika Mehra | UNITED STATES

FREEDOMS

NORTH AMERICA

20.Oct.2025

‘Without diverse voices at the table, any peace agreement risks failing’

Shamil Idriss | UNITED STATES

CONFLICT | CRISIS

GLOBAL

18.Oct.2025

‘Violence did not disappear after the peace agreement: it mutated and became more localised’

Andrés Preciado | COLOMBIA

‘We will keep blocking everything to break our government’s complicity with genocide’

‘The scapegoating of migrants has become an easy political tool’

Chris Jones | UNITED KINGDOM

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

15.Oct.2025

‘Belarus is closer than ever to totalitarianism, with closed civic space and repression a part of daily life’

Human Rights House | BELARUS

DEMOCRACY

EUROPE

14.Oct.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.
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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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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.
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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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