October 15, 2025

UNITED KINGDOM: ‘The Scapegoating of Migrants has Become an Easy Political Tool’

CIVICUS discusses far-right mobilisation in the United Kingdom with Chris Jones, Director of Statewatch, a civil society organisation that monitors and exposes state actions…
October 12, 2025

TIMOR-LESTE: ‘The Contrast Between Elite Privilege and Public Hardship Brought Together a Broad Coalition’

CIVICUS discusses recent protests in Timor-Leste with Domingos de Andrade, known as Ameu, Case Coordinator of the civil society organisation Rede ba Rai (‘Network…
October 11, 2025

COTE D’IVOIRE: ‘Media and Social Networks are Battlegrounds Where Rumours and Disinformation Circulate Widely’

CIVICUS discusses Côte d’Ivoire’s upcoming presidential election with Kaberu Tairu, country representative for Côte d’Ivoire at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, a…
October 10, 2025

ITALY: ‘Powerful States View AI Governance as a Tool for Strategic and Economic Positioning’

CIVICUS discusses AI governance challenges with Federica Marconi, researcher in the multilateralism and global governance programme at Italy’s Institute of International Affairs, a non-profit…
October 08, 2025

GUYANA: ‘While the Vote Was Peaceful and Transparent, the Campaign Was Tilted Through Misuse of…

CIVICUS discusses Guyana’s recent election and the challenges of managing its oil wealth with Thomas Singh, Director of the University of Guyana’s Green Institute.…
October 07, 2025

MOLDOVA: ‘Moldova’s Democracy Continued to Function Effectively Despite Facing Enormous Pressure’

CIVICUS discusses Moldova’s recent election with Nicolae Panfil, Programme Director of Promo-LEX and head of its election observation mission. Promo-LEX is a Moldovan civil…
October 06, 2025

GUINEA-BISSAU: ‘Guinea-Bissau Needs Allies Who Defend Freedom as a Non-Negotiable Value’

Read in Portuguese CIVICUS discusses a recent crackdown on foreign media and the conditions for journalists in Guinea-Bissau with Indira Correia Baldé, president of…
October 05, 2025

MEXICO: ‘No Solution Will Work if the Institutions Responsible for Abuses Remain in Charge of…

CIVICUS discusses enforced disappearances in Mexico with a member of the International Network of Associations of Missing Persons. The crisis of disappearances in Mexico…
October 04, 2025

SOMALIA: ‘Genuine Democratic Change Will Require More Than Top-Level Agreements’

CIVICUS discusses Somalia’s possible move towards direct elections with Mahad Wasuge, Executive Director of Somali Public Agenda, a civil society organisation that works on…
October 03, 2025

CZECH REPUBLIC: ‘Democracy isn’t Just About Getting Cheaper Groceries – it’s About Protecting Freedoms’

CIVICUS discusses the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election with Lukáš Hilpert, president of Million Moments for Democracy, a Czech civic movement that mobilises people to…
October 02, 2025

NEPAL: ‘The Government Was Corrupt and Willing to Kill its Own People to Stay in…

CIVICUS discusses recent protests that led to a change of government in Nepal with Dikpal Khatri Chhetri, co-founder of Youth in Federal Discourse (YFD).…
October 01, 2025

N MACEDONIA: ‘Without Ads, Most Civil Society Groups Risk Their Voices Being Drowned Out’

CIVICUS discusses Facebook owner Meta’s political ad ban in the European Union (EU) with Filip Stojanovski, Director for Partnership and Resource Development at the…
September 30, 2025

THAILAND: ‘The Popular Will Expressed in Elections Shouldn’t be Overturned by Judicial Intervention’

CIVICUS discusses the appointment of Thailand’s new prime minister with Sunai Phasuk, Senior Researcher for Thailand at Human Rights Watch’s Asia division. On 5…
September 29, 2025

TANZANIA: ‘People are too afraid to speak out against the government’

CIVICUS speaks about the political context ahead of Tanzania’s October general election with a civil society activist who asked to remain anonymous for security…
September 26, 2025

GREECE: ‘New Migration and Asylum Policies Challenge the Basic Principles of Refugee Protection and the…

CIVICUS discusses Greece’s new migration and asylum policies with Minos Mouzourakis, a lawyer and Legal and Advocacy Officer with Refugee Support Aegean, a leading…
September 25, 2025

SAMOA: ‘Even Amid Political Crisis, Samoa Resolves Conflicts Through Democratic Means Rather than Violence’

CIVICUS discusses Samoa’s recent election with Lucia S Chung Kwan, a history lecturer at the National University of Samoa. Samoa held a snap general…
September 24, 2025

FIJI: ‘The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion Strengthens Climate Justice by Establishing Legal Principles States Cannot Ignore’

CIVICUS discusses the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) recent advisory opinion on climate change with Abdul Mufeez Shaheed, campaigner with Pacific Islands Students Fighting…
September 23, 2025

INDONESIA: ‘Protests Revealed an Erosion of Public Trust in Parties, Parliament, the Police and Judiciary’

CIVICUS discusses recent protests in Indonesia with Yati Andriyani, a lawyer, human rights defender and board member of Indonesia for Humanity (Untuk Kemanusiaan, IKa).…
September 22, 2025

UNITED STATES: ‘States Must Stop Treating Care as an Expenditure and Start Treating it as…

CIVICUS discusses the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) recognition of the right to care with Jeffrey Vogt, international labour law expert and chair…
September 21, 2025

South Korea: ‘The North Korean Human Rights Movement is Facing its Greatest Crisis Since it…

CIVICUS discusses North Korea’s closed civic space with Hanna Song, Executive Director of the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB). Based in…
September 20, 2025

THE NETHERLANDS: ‘A regulation designed to make politics more transparent could end up silencing civil…

CIVICUS discusses Facebook owner Meta’s political ad ban and the European Union (EU)’s regulations with Anna Sienicka, Senior Vice President at TechSoup Europe. TechSoup…
September 19, 2025

UNITED KINGDOM: ‘Civil Society has an Essential Role in Preparing Societies for Peace’

CIVICUS discusses the recent peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan with Konul De Moor, political analyst for International Crisis Group, an independent organisation that…
September 18, 2025

FRANCE: ‘What hinders the peace process is the acceptance of occupation, colonisation and apartheid’

CIVICUS discusses France’s imminent recognition of a Palestinian state with Fabienne Messica, sociologist, author and member of the National Bureau of the Human Rights…
September 17, 2025

UNITED STATES: ‘Negotiations have so far been successful at preventing a weak plastics treaty being…

CIVICUS discusses the campaign for a United Nations (UN) treaty to tackle plastic pollution with Aminah Taariq-Sidibe, manager of End Plastic Initiatives at EARTHDAY.ORG,…
September 16, 2025

PERU: ‘The state cannot pardon itself for violating human rights’

CIVICUS discusses Peru’s new amnesty law with Nadia Ramos Serrano, founder and researcher at the Leadership Centre for Women of the Americas, a civil…
September 15, 2025

AI Governance: Human Rights in the Balance As Tech Giants and Authoritarians Converge

By Samuel King, researcher with the Horizon Europe-funded research project ENSURED: Shaping Cooperation for a World in Transition at CIVICUS Algorithms decide who lives and dies in Gaza. AI-powered…
September 15, 2025

MALAWI: ‘This election will test Malawi’s ability to uphold electoral integrity’

CIVICUS speaks about Malawi’s 16 September general election with Tadala Chumachiyenda and Tamika Nyirenda-Banda of the Democracy Works Foundation. The opposition won the last…
September 12, 2025

ECUADOR: ‘We fear the Transparency Law will be used to persecute organisations that challenge those…

CIVICUS discusses Ecuador’s new Organic Law on Social Transparency with Vivian Idrovo, coordinator of the Alliance for Human Rights Ecuador. The law, enacted in…
September 10, 2025

MYANMAR: ‘The world must recognise this as a sham election and support our struggle for…

CIVICUS discusses Myanmar’s upcoming general election with Lynn Htett, a human rights activist and coordinator of Towards Media, a grassroots initiative that documents human rights violations,…
September 07, 2025

TURKEY: ‘In Turkey, Pride is still not a celebration but a space of protest and…

  CIVICUS discusses the recent Istanbul Pride amid the deterioration of LGBTQI+ rights in Turkey with LGBTQI+ activists Çağıl, Can Kortun and Jiyan Andiç. The Turkish…
September 06, 2025

NETHERLANDS: ‘Microsoft is actively enabling the oppression of Palestinians and the war in Gaza’

  CIVICUS speaks with Nathan Timmer, activist and press officer at Geef Tegengas (Push Back), a Dutch direct-action group that focuses on corporate accountability…
September 05, 2025

TOGO: ‘The protests continue because we refuse to be silenced’

  CIVICUS discusses protests for democracy with a Togolese human rights defender who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons. Young Togolese people have…
September 04, 2025

TAJIKISTAN: ‘The authoritarian regime uses collective punishment to discourage any challenge to its authority’

  CIVICUS discusses the deaths of Indigenous activists in custody in Tajikistan with Khursand Khurramov, an independent journalist and political analyst. Five Indigenous Pamiri…
September 03, 2025

THE GAMBIA: ‘Recovered corruption assets belong to the public and should be used to rebuild…

  CIVICUS discusses The Gambia’s youth-led movement for accountability over seized assets with Ebrima Jallow, popularly known as The Ghetto Pen and Secretary of…
August 31, 2025

NEW ZEALAND: ‘This struggle is about safeguarding the principle that democracy belongs to everyone’

CIVICUS discusses New Zealand’s new electoral law with Lara Greaves, a political scientist at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, who specialises in democracy,…
August 30, 2025

SOMALILAND: ‘Arbitrary detentions have a chilling effect, as journalists avoid sensitive topics to protect themselves’

CIVICUS discusses media freedom challenges in Somaliland with a representative of a local civil society organisation that defends journalists’ rights and supports media professionalism.…

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