INTERVIEWS

‘What is needed is a new constitution reflecting the will of the people’

Maria Sarungi Tsehai | TANZANIA

DEMOCRACY

EAST AFRICA

09.Sep.2021

‘Extremist politicians have been hellbent on stigmatising and banning abortion for decades’

Caroline Duble | UNITED STATES

‘After 20 years of advocacy, now there is sustained public conversation around LGBTQI+ rights’

Karen Lloyd | JAMAICA

INCLUSION

CARIBBEAN

27.Aug.2021

EN ES FR

‘The government is set on hiding from accountability and scrutiny’

Sam Grant | UNITED KINGDOM

FREEDOMS

EUROPE

26.Aug.2021

‘Young people experience a feeling of wanting to change everything’

‘Those who demonstrate put their integrity and their lives at risk’

FCSPP/Defend Freedom | COLOMBIA

‘Women’s rights have experienced an emergency situation since well before the pandemic’

Virginia Gómez de la Torre | ECUADOR

‘The ruling of the Inter-American Court marks a before and after for LGBTQI+ people’

Indyra Mendoza | HONDURAS

‘Electoral practices seen so far do not indicate good lessons for the region’

McDonald Chipenzi | ZAMBIA

DEMOCRACY

SOUTHERN AFRICA

12.Aug.2021

EN ES FR

‘Nearly everyone detained tells us they were beaten’

Manny Maung | MYANMAR

FREEDOMS

SOUTHEAST ASIA

06.Aug.2021

EN ES FR

OUR 2025 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.
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.
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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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