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CIVICUS discusses corporate accountability with Mansi Kabra, Engagement Lead for Civil Society Organisations at the World Benchmarking Alliance.
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CIVICUS discusses the criminalisation of human rights defenders and journalists in Guatemala with Mario Polanco, director of the Mutual Support Group (GAM).
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CIVICUS discusses ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah and its impact on civil society with Ziad Abdel Samad, Executive Director of the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), a regional network that promotes human rights, social justice and sustainable development across the Arab region.
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CIVICUS discusses a recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the right to strike with Luc Triangle, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), a global organisation that defends workers' rights through international cooperation between trade unions, campaigning and advocacy with international institutions.
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CIVICUS discusses recent constitutional changes in Mexico with Leopoldo Maldonado, regional director of the Mexico and Central America office of Article 19, an international organisation that defends freedom of expression and access to information.
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CIVICUS discusses political crisis in Bolivia with Daniel Moreno, a political scientist, sociologist and senior researcher at Ciudadanía – Comunidad de Estudios Sociales y Acción Pública (Citizenship – Community for Social Studies and Public Action), a civil society organisation that has been generating knowledge and promoting active citizenship in Bolivia for two decades.
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CIVICUS discusses the criminalisation of LGBTQI+ people in Indonesia with Lini Zurlia, Advocacy Manager at the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, a regional civil society organisation that advances the human rights of LGBTQI+ people in Southeast Asia.
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CIVICUS discusses the murder of human rights defender Monika Silva and its implications for civic space in Ecuador with Mauricio Alarcón, executive director of Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo (Citizenship and Development Foundation), Transparency International's Ecuadorian chapter.
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CIVICUS discusses the repression of press freedom in Djibouti with Zineb Haddaji, an exiled independent journalist who covers Djibouti and the Horn of Africa for international outlets and documents freedom of expression violations.
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CIVICUS speaks about the USA's immigration crackdown in the context of the World Cup with Andrea Florence, executive director of the Sport & Rights Alliance, a global coalition of human rights and labour organisations that works to ensure sports bodies and governments uphold international human rights and labour standards in and around sport.
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CIVICUS discusses the current crackdown on Turkish civil society and political opposition with Berna Akkızal, Director of the Civic Space Studies Association, an independent human rights organisation that works to protect and broaden civic space in Turkey.
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CIVICUS discusses media freedoms in Serbia with Marija Babić, a lawyer and researcher at the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), an organisation that monitors press freedom, journalist safety and threats to independent media.
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CIVICUS discusses Mexico's enforced disappearance crisis with Angélica Orozco, a member of Fuerzas Unidas por Nuestros Desaparecidos en Nuevo León (FUNDENL), a collective of relatives of disappeared people and people who support them.
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CIVICUS speaks about anti-authoritarian struggles and the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit with Pedro Telles, Program Director at D-Hub.
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CIVICUS discusses LGBTQI+ rights in Hungary with members of the organising team of the 2026 Budapest Pride Community Festival.
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CIVICUS discusses the current wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa with Ashley Green-Thompson, Director of ACT Ubumbano, a network of Southern African and European organisations that works for economic, environmental and gender justice.
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CIVICUS discusses Greece's social media ban with a member of the Child Rights International Network (CRIN), an international human rights organisation that works to advance the rights of all children.
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CIVICUS discusses Ghana's anti-LGBTQI+ law with Leila Lariba, Executive Director of One Love Sisters Ghana, a community-driven organisation that advances human rights, social inclusion and wellbeing for Muslim LGBTQI+ people in Ghana.
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CIVICUS discusses the importance of volunteering with Nichole Cirillo, Executive Director of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), a global civil society organisation that promotes civic action through volunteering.
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CIVICUS speaks about the climate impacts of the 2026 World Cup with Frank Huisingh, founder of Fossil Free Football, a fan-led group that campaigns to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football and make the game more sustainable.
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CIVICUS speaks with Claire McGuire, Manager of Policy and Advocacy at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), about the role of libraries in defending access to information, cultural rights and democracy at a time of growing civic space restrictions.
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CIVICUS discusses the Gen Z-led protests that ousted an autocratic government in Bangladesh with Tasfia Tarannum Ridita, a student activist with Transcend, an organisation that works on LGBTQI+ rights.
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CIVICUS discusses Senegal's anti-LGBTQI+ law with an anonymous member of a gender diverse and trans community network established in June 2020 to support LGBTQI+ people facing arbitrary arrest, discrimination and harassment.
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CIVICUS discusses a proposed United Nations (UN) tax treaty with Jenny Ricks, General Secretary of Fight Inequality Alliance, a global movement that organises to counter the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite.
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CIVICUS discusses open data governance and AI with Natalia Carfi, executive director of the Open Data Charter, a global civil society organisation that promotes open data policies.
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CIVICUS discusses the outlook ahead of Peru's runoff presidential election with David Hidalgo, journalist and executive director of OjoPúblico, a Peruvian digital investigative journalism outlet.
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CIVICUS discusses North Macedonia's 2025 series of protests with Viktor Buchkovski, a lawyer and coordinator at the Health Education and Research Association and co-founder of the Who's Next protest movement.
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CIVICUS discusses the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla on its mission to bring humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza with Musa Roshdy, a humanitarian activist who took part in the flotilla.
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CIVICUS discusses Mexico's Gen Z-led November 2025 protests with Rafael Amézquita Castellanos, a lawyer and young activist from Guadalajara.
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CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in Togo with Ahouefa Sossou, a human rights defender, lawyer and member of the Centre for Documentation and Training on Human Rights (CDFDH).
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CIVICUS discusses the Women on Waves campaign to expand access to abortion with Dr Natalie Psaila Stabile, a reproductive rights advocate and member of Doctors for Choice Malta, an organisation that campaigns for the decriminalisation of abortion and access to reproductive healthcare.
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CIVICUS discusses anti-war protests in Japan with Koichi Nakano, professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo and a leading analyst of Japan's post-Second World War pacifism.
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CIVICUS discusses civic space repression under military rule in Niger with a political analyst with decades of experience in human rights advocacy, who has asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.
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CIVICUS discusses Lebanon's postponed parliamentary election with Dayana El Baba, Executive Director of the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE), a secular civil society organisation that monitors elections and advocates for electoral reform.
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CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in Peru with an activist with a decade of experience in public mobilisation who has asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.
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CIVICUS discusses Togo's Gen Z-led protests with Esso-Dong Kongah, a young Togolese lawyer and human rights defender who took part in the protests.
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CIVICUS discusses US deportations to Eswatini with Sibusiso Nhlabatsi, a human rights lawyer involved in defending deportees.
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CIVICUS discusses the candidates for the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General position with Aditi Gorur, coordinator of the 1 for 8 Billion campaign, a global movement that's pushing for a fair, open and inclusive process to appoint the first woman UN Secretary-General.
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CIVICUS discusses the cancellation of RightsCon 2026 with Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy at ARTICLE 19, a human rights organisation that works on freedom of expression and information around the world.
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CIVICUS discusses a change of government in Hungary with Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a human rights organisation that monitors democratic backsliding and defends the rule of law in Hungary.
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CIVICUS discusses Bahrain's crackdown on dissent with Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha, a human rights advocate and researcher affiliated with Salam for Democracy and Human Rights and the Human Rights Movement for MENA.
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CIVICUS discusses Israel's new death penalty law with Carol Daniel-Kasbari, Senior Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution Program at The Carter Center, a non-partisan organisation focused on conflict prevention and human rights.
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CIVICUS discusses the protests that ousted an autocratic government in Bangladesh with Lutfa Pathan, a young community activist involved in community organising, democracy work and volunteering.
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CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in Peru with Jackelinne Ponce Paredes, an activist and lawyer specialising in human rights.
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CIVICUS discusses the building of wellbeing economies with Simon Ticehurst, Head of Advocacy and Movement Engagement at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), a global alliance founded in 2018 to drive the transformation of economies towards wellbeing.
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CIVICUS speaks with Lauren Prather about declining trust in US elections and the role civil society can play in defending democratic integrity ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections.
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CIVICUS discusses Djibouti's presidential election with Adam Daud Ahmed, a political and security analyst specialising in governance, security and political dynamics in the Horn of Africa.
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CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in the Philippines with Charles Zander, a 17-year-old climate justice activist from Bohol and youth campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines.
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CIVICUS discusses Tanzania's 2025 post-election protests with Gabriel Karsan, a digital rights activist and internet governance advocate with over 13 years of experience in civic media and youth empowerment.
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CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works for citizen empowerment, democracy and justice.
