CIVICUS discusses protests in Costa Rica with Raúl Silesky, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Press and Freedom of Expression, a civil society organisation that defends freedom of expression and access to public information.
Interviews
CIVICUS discusses struggles for abortion rights in Liechtenstein with Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel, a journalist and reproductive rights activist who works with Fristenlösung für Liechtenstein, an organisation that campaigns for the introduction of a legal time-limit abortion model.
SWEDEN: 'The new migration laws are so vague that people don't know what might be used against them'
CIVICUS discusses Sweden's new migration laws with John Stauffer, legal director and deputy executive director of Civil Rights Defenders, a Swedish civil society organisation that acts as a civil rights watchdog at home and supports human rights defenders in repressive contexts worldwide.
A CIVICUS discute o referendo constitucional na Guiné-Bissau, marcado para 30 de agosto, com Bubacar Turé, presidente da Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos, uma organização da sociedade civil (OSC) dedicada à proteção dos direitos fundamentais.
CIVICUS discusses Guinea-Bissau's 30 August constitutional referendum with Bubacar Turé, president of the Guinean League of Human Rights, a civil society organisation (CSO) dedicated to the protection of fundamental rights.
CIVICUS discusses recent protests in Tunisia with a member of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES), a civil society organisation (CSO) that defends human rights and combats inequalities.
CIVICUS discusses the rapid erosion of civic space in Ecuador with Gabriela Panchana, an activist, communicator and founder of the En Voz Alta and Rumbo Plural digital platforms.
CIVICUS discusses civil society's campaign against gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide with Sabrina Walter, founder and executive director of Women For Change, a South African civil society organisation that works to end violence against women and children.
CIVICUS discusses the state's response to Venezuela's 24 June earthquakes with volunteers who took part in relief efforts.
CIVICUS discusses the European Union's (EU) new Pact on Migration and Asylum with Chiara Catelli, Project and Advocacy Officer at the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), a civil society network of over 160 organisations that works to ensure human rights and justice for undocumented migrants.
CIVICUS discusses the rights of women and minorities under Taliban rule in Afghanistan with Rahima Danishyar, an Afghan independent civil society activist.
CIVICUS discusses civil society's campaign against the Pax Silica hub in the Philippines with Cathleen de Guzman, National Coordinator of Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), a Philippine environmental campaign group.
On 24 June, two powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela.
CIVICUS discusses Zambia's upcoming presidential election with Linda Kasonde, Founder and Executive Director of LCK Freedom Foundation, a Zambian civil society organisation working to advance constitutionalism, human rights and the rule of law.
CIVICUS discusses digital platforms and the rights of children and young people with Soledad Magnone, a Uruguayan sociologist and founder and director of Jaaklac, a civil society initiative that researches and promotes critical, human rights-centred digital education.
CIVICUS discusses civil society's campaign against beach privatisation in Italy with Danilo Ruggiero, Local President of Mare Libero, an organisation that advocates for free public access to Italy's coastline.
CIVICUS discusses the challenges posed by Paraguay's 'anti-NGO law' with Hugo González, executive director of the Paraguayan Network of LGBTQ+ Artists (REPAR+), a civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes the rights of LGBTQI+ people, which has joined the constitutional challenge against this law.
CIVICUS discusses Algeria's recent parliamentary election with Zakaria Benlahrech, a lawyer and director of the Foundation for the Promotion of Rights, an Algerian civil society organisation committed to defending and protecting human rights.
CIVICUS discusses India's Cockroach Janta Party movement with Harshit Singh, a young activist, poet and storyteller who took part in protests in Delhi.
CIVICUS speaks about China's recently implemented Ethnic Unity Law with Gulchehra Hoja, a correspondent for Reporters Without Borders and a Uyghur activist and journalist known for her reporting on human rights abuses against Uyghur people in China.
CIVICUS discusses women's rights under Taliban rule with a member of the Afghan section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), a global membership-based feminist peacebuilding organisation.
CIVICUS discusses the environmental threat posed by a luxury coastal resort project in Albania with Anouk Puymartin, Head of Policy for BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, a member of BirdLife International, the world's largest nature conservation partnership.
CIVICUS discusses disinformation campaigns targeting the LGBTQI+ community in Armenia with Hripsime Kizogyan, Executive Director of Pink Armenia, a community-based organisation that defends the human rights of LGBTQI+ people and advocates for policy change.
CIVICUS speaks about protests against defence budget cuts in Taiwan with Brian Hioe, one of the founders of New Bloom Magazine, a regional online outlet that covers activism and youth politics across Taiwan and the Asia and Pacific region.
CIVICUS discusses ongoing Pandemic Treaty negotiations with Alexandra Finch, Project Manager for the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, an independent coalition that works to strengthen global outbreak prevention and response.
CIVICUS discusses land grabs and environmental damage linked to a luxury coastal resort project with Eva Kushova, Director of Destination Management Organisation Albania, a civil society organisation that supports sustainable tourism in Albanian destinations, seeking to preserve culture and nature while maximising benefits for communities.
CIVICUS discusses corporate accountability with Mansi Kabra, Engagement Lead for Civil Society Organisations at the World Benchmarking Alliance.
CIVICUS discusses the criminalisation of human rights defenders and journalists in Guatemala with Mario Polanco, director of the Mutual Support Group (GAM).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CIVICUS speaks about anti-authoritarian struggles and the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit with Pedro Telles, Program Director at D-Hub.
CIVICUS discusses LGBTQI+ rights in Hungary with members of the organising team of the 2026 Budapest Pride Community Festival.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
