News stories by CIVICUS, page 9

  1. ‘The Election Is Just Another Tool to Keep Lukashenko in Power for as Long as Possible’

    - Inter Press Service

    Dec 23 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the ongoing crackdown on civil society in Belarus with Natallia Satsunkevich, human rights defender and interim board member of the Viasna Human Rights Centre.

  2. My Father Was Arbitrarily Arrested and Convicted for Denouncing Government Corruption

    - Inter Press Service

    Dec 17 (IPS) - CIVICUS speaks with Ramón Zamora, son of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, about restrictions on press freedom and the challenges of defending human rights in Guatemala.

  3. Quilombola Communities Live in Fear Because the Laws That Are Supposed to Protect Them Are Ignored

    - Inter Press Service

    Dec 04 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses threats to the security, rights and ancestral lands of Brazil’s quilombola communities with Wellington Gabriel de Jesus dos Santos, leader and activist of the Pitanga dos Palmares Quilombola community in Bahia state.

  4. AI-powered Weapons Depersonalise the Violence, Making It Easier for the Military to Approve More Destruction

    - Inter Press Service

    Nov 22 (IPS) -
     
    CIVICUS discusses the dangers arising from military uses of artificial intelligence (AI) with Sophia Goodfriend, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative.

  5. ‘The International Community Must Stop Turning a Blind Eye to the Suffering of Sudanese Women’

    - Inter Press Service

    Nov 18 (IPS) - Content warning: this interview contains details some readers may find distressing.

    CIVICUS discusses Sudan's civil war and its impact on women with Sulaima Elkhalifa, a Sudanese human rights defender and expert on gender-based violence.

  6. ‘Ending impunity for violations of Palestinians’ rights would strengthen global norms that protect all humanity’

    - Inter Press Service

    Nov 15 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the gender dimensions of genocide in Gaza with Kifaya Khraim, International Advocacy Coordinator at the Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC). Founded in 1991, WCLAC is a feminist organisation that documents Israeli violations against Palestinian women and uses this evidence for international advocacy.

  7. ‘The new law’s purpose is to increase government control over civil society’

    - Inter Press Service

    Oct 16 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses a recently passed law regulating civil society organisations (CSOs) in Paraguay with Marta Ferrara and Olga Caballero, executive directors of Semillas para la Democracia (Seeds for Democracy) and Alma Cívica (Civic Soul), two of the organisations leading the civil society response to the closing of civic space.

  8. ‘We Continue Working to Make Sure Afghan Girls and Women Are Heard and Not Forgotten’

    - Inter Press Service

    Oct 15 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses Afghanistan's system of gender apartheid with Shaharzad Akbar, Executive Director of Rawadari, a human rights organisation founded by Afghans in exile.

  9. ‘The Focus Should Be on Holding Social Media Companies Accountable, Not Punishing Individual Users’

    - Inter Press Service

    Oct 07 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent Twitter/X ban in Brazil with Iná Jost, lawyer and head of research at InternetLab, an independent Brazilian think tank focused on human rights and digital technologies.

  10. ‘Australia Must Turn Its Climate Rhetoric into Action’

    - Inter Press Service

    Oct 01 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting in Tonga with Jacynta Fa'amau, Pacific Campaigner at 350.org, a global civil society organisation campaigning for climate action.

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