NORTH AMERICA

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

Poorvika Mehra | UNITED STATES

‘No solution will work if the institutions responsible for abuses remain in charge of implementing it’

‘When we are told not to exist, simply coming together in joy becomes an act of defiance’

Ryan Bos | UNITED STATES

‘This is the largest experiment in justice systems ever undertaken by any country’

Gladys Morales | MEXICO

‘In the face of funding cuts, civil society has taken a leading role in the humanitarian response’

‘The funding freeze has damaged the support systems that protect human rights defenders’

Ginna Anderson | UNITED STATES

‘Our legal challenge of the funding freeze is testing the judiciary’s ability to check executive power’

Eric Bjornlund | UNITED STATES

‘Trump is advancing a 21st-century US variant of fascism, backed by a white nationalist ideology’

Samuel Worthington | UNITED STATES

‘We help combat disinformation aimed at eroding trust in democratic institutions’

Beatrice Wayne | CANADA

‘The discovery of the torture centre exposed the state’s complicity with organised crime’

Anna Karolina Chimiak | MEXICO