There are Fosen-cases all over the world – do they improve indigenous peoples’ rights?

Siri Gloppen (2024)

Panorama

By Siri Gloppen  (Written as an op-ed in Panorama (in Norwegian) as part of the PluriLand project) Despite the special protection given to indigenous peoples under international law, abuses against indigenous peoples and those who fight for their rights continue. What does it take for the courts to protect indigenous rights? And does winning in […]

Zimbabwe’s civil society is suffocating as we turn our eyes away

Siri Gloppen (2023)

Panorama

By Siri Gloppen   (written as an op-ed for Panorama (in Norwegian as part of the RightsAct project) The room for manoeuvre for rights activists in Zimbabwe has been dramatically curtailed since I was last here in 2018.  Legislative changes criminalize regime-critical strikes and demonstrations, and activists are abducted in broad daylight, tortured and, in […]