March 16, 2024

KENYA: ‘Protests against femicides encouraged survivors to seek justice’

CIVICUS speaks with Wangechi Wachira, Executive Director of the Centre for Rights, Education and Awareness (CREAW), about recent protests demanding justice for femicide victims…
March 15, 2024

INDIA: ‘Civil society efforts will be crucial to the quality of the elections’

CIVICUS speaks with Anjali Bhardwaj, founding member of the Society for Citizen Vigilance Initiatives (Satark Nagrik Sangathan, SNS), about recent electoral reforms and civil…
March 15, 2024

Joint statement on the 10-year anniversary of ‘deadly reprisals’ against Chinese activist Cao Shunli

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Today, we pay tribute to Cao Shunli, and all human rights defenders targeted by the Chinese government for their commitment to uphold the promise…
March 14, 2024

Global gender progress slowed dramatically in 2023, new CIVICUS report finds

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View full report here. For interviews contact . JOHANNESBURG - Global progress on gender rights slowed to nearly a halt in 2023 due to…
March 14, 2024

Human rights hypocrisy undermines rules-based order, new CIVICUS report finds

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United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on the conflict in Middle East at the UN headquarters in New York City on October 24, 2023.…
March 14, 2024

Repressing climate activists is the new science denial, CIVICUS report finds

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View full report here. For interviews contact media@civicus>.org. JOHANNESBURG – Governments and big polluters have shifted their tactics from denying climate science to repressing…
March 14, 2024

Civil society battles global human rights, governance and climate action failures - CIVICUS

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Hypocrisy by powerful countries undermined the rules-based international order and repressions against human rights and climate activists stalled or reversed progress around the world,…
March 14, 2024

PAKISTAN: ‘The election was neither free nor fair’

CIVICUS discusses Pakistan’s recent election and subsequent protests with Arzak Khan, founder of the Innovation for Change (I4C) Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human…
March 13, 2024

CHILE: ‘Legislation to tackle forest fires must be based on co-responsibility’

CIVICUS speaks with Mauro González, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Climate Science and Resilience, (CR)2, about fires that recently spread through Chile’s Valparaíso…
March 12, 2024

AFGHANISTAN: ‘The risks posed by Taliban rule are too grave for the international community to…

CIVICUS speaks about the situation of human rights and women’s rights in Afghanistan with Ehsan Shayegan, founder and president of the Porsesh Policy Research…
March 11, 2024

Panel discussion on countering religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence

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At the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council, Article 19 delivered a joint intervention on behalf of CIVICUS and a group of organisations,…
March 11, 2024

2024: A Big Year for Women and Democracy

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By Lysa John, Secretary General of CIVICUS  The year 2024 is a bumper election year. Women voters will have a huge say in how…
March 11, 2024

JORDAN: ‘Commercial spyware that enables digital repression and abuse must be completely banned’

CIVICUS speaks with Access Now about their forensic investigation that exposed the use of Pegasus spyware to target activists and journalists in Jordan. Access Now…
March 09, 2024

EUROPE: ‘Governments are adopting measures that are beneficial for the climate but forget to include…

CIVICUS speaks with Karin Van Boxtel, Co Interim Director of Both ENDS, about the farmers’ protests happening across Europe. Both ENDS is a civil…
March 08, 2024

IWD 2024: CSOs renew their call on Saudi authorities to release jailed women’s rights activists

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On International Women’s Day, the undersigned organisations renew their call on Saudi Arabian authorities to release all women human rights defenders (WHRDs), women’s rights…
March 05, 2024

International Women’s Day, 2024 Progress Hinges on Feminist Leadership

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By Lysa John, Secretary General of CIVICUS Investing in inclusion requires more than electing and initiating women leaders. It requires a coordinated effort to…
March 05, 2024

CIVICUS' submission on the Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future

The upcoming Summit for the Future, set for September 22-23, 2024, in New York City, marks a significant United Nations effort to tackle global…
March 05, 2024

HRC55: Address crackdown on civic space in Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

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UN Human Rights Council – 55th sessionGeneral Debate Item 2Delivered by Sigrid Lipott, CIVICUSThank you Mr President,CIVICUS is convinced that the Council should play…
March 04, 2024

Greece: Another First for LGBTQI+ Rights

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By Ines Pousadela, CIVICUS Senior Research Specialist, co-director and writer for CIVICUS Lens and co-author of the State of Civil Society Report After almost two decades of civil…
March 02, 2024

EUROPEAN MEDIA FREEDOM ACT: ‘It will be crucial for EU member states to take this…

CIVICUS speaks with Renate Schroeder, Director of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), about the European Media Freedom Act, the first integrated legislation that…
March 01, 2024

MEXICO: ‘Civil society is a retaining wall against government malpractice’

CIVICUS speaks with Carlos G Guerrero Orozco, a Mexican lawyer and co-founder and president of Human Rights and Strategic Litigation-Mexico (DLM Mexico), about a…
March 01, 2024

Human Rights Council: ensure continuous international oversight and investigations in South Sudan

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UN Human Rights Council – 55th session Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Delivered by…
February 29, 2024

GREECE: ‘We fought until same-sex marriage stopped being impossible and became a necessary change’

CIVICUS speaks about Greece’s recent legalisation of same-sex marriage with Giorgos Keratsas, Communications Officer of Positive Voice-Greek Association of People Living with HIV. Founded…
February 29, 2024

Nicaragua: The UN must demand accountability and intensify efforts on human rights

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UN Human Rights Council- 55th regular session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on the report of the Group of Experts on Human…
February 29, 2024

Rights Groups Letter to F1 CEO Ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix: 20 Years of Sportswashing

Together with other human rights organisations, we've written to the F1 CEO expressing our concerns about Bahrain’s use of the F1 Grand Prix to…
February 28, 2024

INDONESIA: ‘Prabowo’s victory represents the worst-case scenario for the future of human rights’

CIVICUS speaks with Rizky Argama, Executive Director, and Violla Reininda, Programme Manager at the Centre of Indonesian Law and Policy Studies (PSHK), about the…
February 27, 2024

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: ‘We advocate for the repeal of anti-gay laws as a…

CIVICUS speaks about struggles for LGBTQI+ rights and a recent legal setback in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) with Jeshua Bardoo, founder and…
February 27, 2024

Open Letter to the Ambassadors of Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to…

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CIVICUS and other organistions including ForumAsia, DefendDefenders and Artcicle 19 have submitted a joint statement expressing their support for and appeal for a regular…
February 26, 2024

#UNMute: over 350 civil society organisations ask for real inclusion in UN Summit of the…

Over 350 civil society organisations part of the #UNmute initiative have come together to issue a united call for inclusivity and participation in the preparatory process of the forthcoming Summit of the Future. The collective, which spans a broad spectrum of global civil society including CIVICUS, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Forus, the…
February 26, 2024

Russia: Moments of Dissent after Two Years of War

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By Andrew Firmin, CIVICUS Editor-in-Chief, co-director and writer for CIVICUS Lens and co-author of the State of Civil Society Report Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marked its second…
February 25, 2024

NETHERLANDS: ‘No government should allow transfers of weapons to a state committing war crimes’

CIVICUS speaks with Frank Slijper, Arms Trade project lead at PAX, about a recent court victory in a case brought jointly with Oxfam Novib…
February 24, 2024

IRAN: ‘The regime is executing protesters to create fear and suppress any attempt at new…

CIVICUS speaks about the ongoing wave of executions in Iran with Asal Abasian, an Iranian journalist and queer feminist activist. After receiving serious threats,…
February 23, 2024

HORN OF AFRICA: ‘De-escalation must be the primary objective’

CIVICUS speaks with Mengistu Assefa, Program Manager at the Center for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD), about a port deal between Ethiopia…
February 22, 2024

Equatorial Guinea: Free activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang and end brutality against rights defenders

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CIVICUS calls on the authorities in Equatorial Guinea to immediately release Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang. The lawyer, human rights activist, and member of the…
February 22, 2024

Thailand: End judicial harassment against activists and journalists, uphold people’s fundamental freedoms

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The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and CIVICUS are deeply concerned over the intensifying regression of Thailand’s civic space. We are…
February 22, 2024

Pakistan’s Election Outcomes Leave Many Unhappy

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By Andrew Firmin, CIVICUS Editor-in-Chief, co-director and writer for CIVICUS Lens and co-author of the State of Civil Society Report Pakistan’s 8 February election has resulted in an…
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