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Global Voices photomontage. Photo by Jose R. Zamora in Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0 DEED) This story was written by Simón Antonio Ramón in Prensa Comunitaria on May 14, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media agreement. The Board of Trustees of the foundation created by the late journalist, writer and Nobel prize winner, Gabriel García Márquez, awarded the Gabo 2024 Awards for Excellence in Journalism to Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The 13 journalists, writers and scholars on the Gabo Foundation's Board recognized Zamora as “the paradigm of a...
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A YouTube video of the protest song Glory to Hong Kong is blocked for local users, as of Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Photo: Screenshot via HKFP. Used with permission. This report was written by Tome Grundy and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on May 15, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. Google has blocked Hong Kong users from accessing the pro-democracy protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” on YouTube (which is owned by Google) following a court order. It comes days after Secretary for Justice Paul Lam said the governme...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Turkey, following in the footsteps of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, and Georgia to name a few, is considering adopting its own version of the controversial foreign agent law. Expected to be submitted to the Grand National Assembly — Turkey's parliament — before the end of the legislative year on July 1, 2024, the package includes a legislative amendment that would introduce criminal penalties for what it calls “foreign influence agents” by expanding the definitions of “espionage” and “spying.” Critics and rights watchdogs say the proposal targets free expression and i...
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Filipino journalists call for the release of a detained community journalist as they marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2024. Photo from the Facebook page of Altermidya, used with permission Media groups across Southeast Asia marked World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) on May 3 by organizing and releasing statements highlighting the various challenges and difficulties journalists face in fulfilling their work. Reflecting on the theme of WPFD this year, “A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis,” the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) expre...
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Collage with President Daniel Ortega and the repression of anti-government protests in 2018, by ProBox. Used with permission. This article was published on ProBox on April 28, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. In early April 2024, the Ortega–Murillo government enacted a controversial “Peace Law,” which the Nicaraguan civil society actively challenged by contesting the government's narrative and defending the memory of the April 2018 protests on social media. The Nicaraguan Assembly decreed April as the “month of Peace” because April is...
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Glory to Hong Kong. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Used with permission. This report was written by Hilary Leung and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on May 8, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. A Hong Kong appeals court has sided with the government in its attempt to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, overturning last year’s decision by a lower court that cited free speech concerns. Three Court of Appeal judges handed down the judgment on May 8, writing that the injunction sought by the authorities was “necessary”...
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Journalists discuss the state of media in the Solomon Islands. Screenshot from the YouTube video of MASI: Media Association of Solomon Islands posted in May 2022. Fair use. Media groups, heads of state, and free speech advocates across the Pacific marked World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) on May 3, by emphasizing the role of upholding the right to information in addressing the impact of the climate crisis in the region. The theme of WPFD this year, “A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis,” resonates with the work being done by media groups in the Pacific. The st...
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Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Mzizi Dawa and originally published by Minority Africa on April 22, 2024, and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Sabel, a gay man living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, uses pseudonyms to engage with other LGBTQ+ people online. Despite feeling somewhat anonymous, the fear of being arrested is ever-present. “Online, we are free to express our identities under anonymous names, but people have and are still being arrested, so a Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides ...
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s 2024 press freedom index. Photo: RSF. This report was written by Hilary Leung and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on May 3, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. Hong Kong has again ranked low in a global press freedom index, as a watchdog cited an “unprecedented series of setbacks” including newsroom closures and journalist arrests under Beijing’s national security law. The city placed 135 out of 180 countries and territories in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s annual press fr...
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Image by Tom Grundy / HKFP. Used with permission. International press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued 10 facts about Hong Kong’s repressive media environment last month in response to a Chinese government spokesperson’s claim that the city’s press freedom is “fully protected.” The Chinese statement came after an RSF representative was denied entry into Hong Kong. To commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, we're unpacking the 10 facts with added local context. Journalists imprisoned in Hong KongTen journalists and press freedom defenders are currently jailed in Hon...
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