#civil-society

#civil-society

Civil society and opposition groups in Eswatini have stated that the deportation of five men by the US is an instance of human trafficking disguised as a deportation deal.

The findings emerged from evidence collected by AI Forensics through an investigation of X's Ad Repository, a public database set up by companies under DSA rules. The research claimed major corporations such as Shein, McDonald's and Total Energies ran ad campaigns on the platform that targeted or excluded users based on engagement with sensitive keyword categories.

"Nobody really knows what's happening," one project manager running a Syria-based project told DW about the US cuts in aid funding. "They haven't put a complete stop to it yet so we're just spending the money on a monthly basis and hoping for the best."

Contemporary Iranian society believes the road to safeguarding Iran lies in the resignation of the current leadership, indicating a profound desire for change.

The lawsuit against Greenpeace Romania epitomizes the systematic pressure faced by environmental NGOs, undermining civic engagement amid government support for energy exploitation.

"It's a very big issue that transcends, really, the most basic aspects of freedom and citizens' ability to participate in their governmental processes."

When Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over most of the country's capital Khartoum in the early days of the war, the youth-led civil society initiative Hadhreen kept its food kitchens open.

Maurice Mitchell notes, 'Elections can be brutal. At least as structured in the United States—really, there are far better, more representative ways to make collective voting decisions!' This highlights the need for reforms in election processes to improve representation and reduce the binary nature of current electoral systems, which often simplifies complex social issues into two opposing choices that fail to capture the diversity of public opinion.