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1 day ago | globalvoices.org | Georgia Popplewell |Jean de Dieu SOVON

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1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |María Alvarez Malvido |Georgia Popplewell |Arzu Geybulla

The detention of opposition politician Nika Melia on May 29, coupled with a wave of arbitrary entry bans and expulsions targeting activists, journalists, and even diplomats, paints a grim picture of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) government's intent to silence dissent and consolidate power. The country's sinking ranking on international freedom indexes underscores how the ruling government is drifting away from its former European aspirations.

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Georgia Popplewell

This article was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. As US President Donald Trump was visiting Saudi Arabia from May 13–16 to sign deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, on May 14, 2025, the US-based human rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), published an investigation on the deaths of migrant workers in the country.

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Kevin Rennie |Georgia Popplewell

The sudden termination of a prominent radio host from a state-owned media company in Papua New Guinea was described by media groups as a suppression of free speech. FM100 (Kalang Advertising Limited) host Cullighan Tanda was initially suspended for three weeks after he interviewed opposition politician Allan Bird, who is the governor of East Sepik in Papua New Guinea.

3 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Georgia Popplewell

This story was written by Bonface Orucho and originally published by Bird Story Agency on March 20, 2025. This revised version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Entering one of Nelly Gesare's eco-conscious retail stores in Kenya is like walking into a world in transformation. Glass bottles, once discarded as waste, are now sleek drinking tumblers and jars. Scraps of fabric, saved from landfills, have been stitched into desirable shopping bags and reusable dish sponges.