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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Filip Noubel |Mong Palatino |Oiwan Lam |Jean de Dieu SOVON
There are about 50 million Chinese people living outside of China. Often reduced to a purely economic actor, this large diaspora is also active in media and culture, including literature, whether its members write in Chinese languages or in the languages of the countries where they now live.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Oiwan Lam |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Nurbek Bekmurzaev
Filipinos are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, at the age of 88, in the Vatican. Pope Francis was from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was renowned for bringing progressive change to the Catholic church, advocating for peace and environmental protections, promoting interfaith dialogue, speaking out against capitalism and war, and for being a champion for the poor.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Zita Zage |Oiwan Lam |Cecilia Maundu
The Burundian media landscape poses immense challenges for journalists in this Central African country. They often receive death threats and work in a virtually permanent state of insecurity. According to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2024 World Press Freedom Index, Burundi ranked 108 out of 180 countries. This is a slight improvement from 2023, when the country ranked 114.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Zita Zage |Oiwan Lam |Emma Lewis |Arzu Geybulla
A draft law introduced by the radical Islamist party HÜDA-PAR (Free Cause Party) in the Turkish Parliament on April 19 has ignited widespread criticism for its overtly discriminatory stance against the LGBTQ+ community. The party, also known as the successor of Hezbollah, seeks to amend several key legal codes, including the Turkish Penal Code and the Law on the Establishment and Broadcasting Services of Radio and Television.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Mong Palatino |Adesewa Olofinko
The crackdown on press freedom since the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in 2020 has led to an exodus of hundreds of media workers. Many have established independent media outlets overseas to report on politically sensitive news and connect the scattered diaspora communities. While these exile media outlets have the freedom to amplify critical voices, they are still threatened by transnational political harassment.
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3 weeks ago | 
advox.globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Mong Palatino |Filip Noubel
The crackdown on press freedom since the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in 2020 has led to an exodus of hundreds of media workers. Many have established independent media outlets overseas to report on politically sensitive news and connect the scattered diaspora communities. While these exile media outlets have the freedom to amplify critical voices, they are still threatened by transnational political harassment.
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3 weeks ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Janine Mendes-Franco |Mariela Arnst |Oiwan Lam |Eva Gonzalez |Eva González
El 12 de abril de 2018, el juzgado POS 09 del Tribunal de Justicia de Puerto España estaba repleta de interesados dispuestos a escuchar el resultado de un muy analizado caso judicial, el de Jason Jones contra el fiscal general de Trinidad y Tobago. Jones, gay trinitense defensor de derechos que vive en Reino Unido, impugnó las secciones 13 y 16 de la ley de delitos sexuales del país (capítulo 11:28), que penaliza el sexo anal entre adultos que consienten en esa relación.
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4 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Janine Mendes-Franco |Pamela Ephraim |Filip Noubel
This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. On March 19, 2025, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained along with around 105 other municipal officials and politicians on the alleged crimes of corruption and aiding a terrorist organisation, in what Human Rights Watch has called an attempt to suppress legitimate political engagement.
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1 month ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Laura Vidal |Agência Mural |Oiwan Lam |Mariela Arnst
Este artículo fue originalmente publicado en IFEX, un medio aliado de Global Voices. Fue actualizado con noticias recientes de abril 2025 por Global Voices. El congreso de Perú aprobó el 12 de marzo 2025 una controvertida ley que ha sido denunciada por la sociedad civil de toda la región por su inconstitucionalidad, dado que viola las libertades de asociación, de pensamiento y de participación política.
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1 month ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Valeria Malavolta |Mariela Arnst |Oiwan Lam
Grupos de derechos humanos y mediáticos, y Naciones Unidas han acusado a la junta de Myanmar de violar su propia declaración de alto al fuego el 2 de abril de 2025, cuando continuó con ataques aéreos en zonas controladas por fuerzas a favor de la democracia. El 28 de marzo, un terremoto de magnitud de 7.7 golpeó Myanmar y afectó gravemente las zonas Mandala, Sagaing Magway, Shan Stare, Naypyidaw y Bago.
