Western Balkan human rights defenders meet in Prishtina amid growing threats and pressure
Prishtina, 11 June 2026 — The Regional Forum of Human Rights Defenders is taking place today in...
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Category: HUMAN RIGHTS
When Survival Is Branded as Politics
How delegitimising workers’ protests undermines democracy in an EU candidate country
By Xhabir Deralla In recent days, workers’ protests in North Macedonia have exposed broader issues...
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Look What You Made Me Do: Iran’s Protest Death Toll and the Authoritarian Logic of Blaming the Victim
From Khamenei’s speech on the Iran protests to a global authoritarian propaganda script – how narrative inversion and hybrid-warfare propaganda are constructed in Iran and across other authoritarian regimes
By Jabir Deralla Widespread protests erupted across Iran on 28 December 2025 amid deepening...
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Season’s Greetings and New Year Message from CIVIL: Truth Matters
At the end of 2025, we take a moment to reflect — not only on the passing of time, but on the...
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(VIDEO) Silence in the face of injustice is complicity – CIVIL’s message on the Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day reminds us that democracy does not sustain itself; it survives through the active...
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Human Rights Day 2025: When Democracy Is Under Attack, Silence Is Complicity
A call to solidarity, dignity, and democratic resilience.
PUBLIC STATEMENT On Human Rights Day 2025, we stand at a turning point. Across the world, the...
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CIVIL launches nine-day “Defending Democracy: Horizons of Freedom” programme
Skopje, December 5, 2025 — At a livestreamed press conference in Macedonian and Albanian, CIVIL –...
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Friso Wiersum: Culture as a Foundation for European Belonging and Support for Ukraine
At the International Conference “Defending Democracy: Battlefield of Truth” in Skopje, North...
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Casale: The Future of Ukraine Is the Future of Europe – We Must Wake Up to the Reality of the Threat
At the International Conference “Defending Democracy: Battlefield of Truth”, held at the Hotel...
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Deralla, Casale and Joseph from Rome: Democracy must be defended – with a united Europe against war, nationalism and authoritarianism
At today’s public event “Defending Democracy and Human Rights – From Recommendations to Action”...
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And This Is Only the Beginning
By Jabir Deralla Silence is never neutral. Have we reached a moment in history when human cruelty,...
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CIVIL: Freedom of expression is not a gift from those in power – it is an inviolable human right. The verdict against Deralla is a direct attack on media freedom
PRESS RELEASE | June 19, 2025 The politically motivated court case against Xhabir Deralla,...
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