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1 week ago | 
ifex.org | Laura Vidal
Nicaragua's Withdrawal from UNESCO Deepens Crisis in Freedom of Expression On May 4, 2025, Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), announced that the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua had formally notified its withdrawal from the international organization.
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1 week ago | 
ifex.org | Laura Vidal
La salida de Nicaragua de la UNESCO profundiza crisis en materia de libertad de expresión. El 4 de mayo de 2025, Audrey Azoulay, Directora General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO), informó que el gobierno de la República de Nicaragua comunicó su retiro del organismo internacional.
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1 week ago | 
globalvoices.org | Liam Anderson |Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal
This article, written by Guilherme Cavalcanti and edited by Thiago Domenici, was originally published on Agência Pública's website on April 10, 2025. An edited version is published here under a partnership agreement with Global Voices. The impacts of the climate crisis are evident in fishing, subsistence agriculture, and people's health, altering habits and ways of life in various regions of Brazil.
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1 week ago | 
globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek
In recent weeks, El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, made headlines for renting out the country's mass prison to the United States. In March and April, under US President Donald Trump, the United States deported hundreds of Venezuelans and Salvadorans, without due process, to this facility in El Salvador, the Terrorism Confinement Center (known as CECOT), which has been reported for severe human rights abuses.
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2 weeks ago | 
elpou.cat | Laura Vidal
CinemaLaura Vidal BarconsSom davant d’un dels fenòmens de la temporada i és que la entranyable història del petit nen prodigi té tots els ingredients per captivar el públic. Basada en la novel·la del mateix títol, coneixem el Wolfgang, un nen que acaba de quedar orfe de mare i se n’ha d’anar a viure amb el seu pare, brillant Miki Esparbé, a qui no ha conegut mai.
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2 weeks ago | 
cutt.ly | Laura Vidal
CinemaLaura Vidal BarconsSom davant d’un dels fenòmens de la temporada i és que la entranyable història del petit nen prodigi té tots els ingredients per captivar el públic. Basada en la novel·la del mateix títol, coneixem el Wolfgang, un nen que acaba de quedar orfe de mare i se n’ha d’anar a viure amb el seu pare, brillant Miki Esparbé, a qui no ha conegut mai.
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2 weeks ago | 
ifex.org | Laura Vidal
April in the Americas: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. In Peru, a newly enacted law grants sweeping control over civil society organisations, undermining their independence and exposing human rights defenders to severe sanctions.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek
On April 15, 2025, Brazilian federal deputy Erika Hilton reported that when she applied for a United States visa, she was classified as a “male” individual. This was a new situation for her, as in 2023, when she was issued another visa by the US, her gender identity was acknowledged as that of a female person.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Filip Noubel |Mong Palatino |Daria Dergacheva |Laura Vidal
This report was written by Tom Grundy and published in Hong Kong Free Press on April 24, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement. A survey conducted by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) has found that the majority of its members said their working environment had changed for the worse over the past two years. Sixty-nine members took part in the FCC’s biannual Press Freedom Survey between December 2024 and February 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek |Rowan Glass |Jean de Dieu SOVON
This article was originally published in IFEX, a Global Voices media partner. It was updated with recent developments on April 16, 2025, by Global Voices. Peru's government adopted a controversial law on April 16, 2025, that has been denounced by civil society throughout the region because of its unconstitutionality, given that it violates the freedoms of association, thought, and political participation.
