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Feature image made with Canva Pro elements. The focus of the 2024 World Press Freedom Day, marked annually on May 3, is on the climate crisis. Between May 2 and 4, as UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) hosts the 31st World Press Freedom Day Conference, this time in Chile, discussions will be dedicated to the importance of freedom of expression against the backdrop of the current global environmental crisis. This year's theme is particularly pertinent for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like the Caribbean, which are often the first to feel the il...
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A mural on the separation wall in Bethlehem in tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead by the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Jenin. Photo by Dan Palraz via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. More than 100 journalists in Gaza have been killed by Israel since it launched its deadly war on the strip, following Hamas’s incursion into Israeli soil on October 7, 2023. Reporters Without Borders has filed multiple complaints with the International Criminal Court to investigate “intentional homicides” of several Gazan journalists. However, with all eyes on Gaza, viola...
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Press Conference with Cyril Ramaphosa at the World Economic Forum in 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. Image by World Economic Forum on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED). On May 29, South Africans will cast their votes to elect a new president. To grasp the current political terrain in South Africa, this article offers a curated selection of informative sources to keep you abreast of the upcoming elections and South African news. Situated in the southernmost part of Africa, South Africa shares borders with six other African nations(Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho) and boasts a ...
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Agbéyomé Kodjo; Screenshot from the Tv5monde YouTube Channel It has become increasingly common for opponents of the Togolese regime to live out their lives in exile. That’s to say, in hiding far from home until their death for political reasons. The latest of these was Agbéyomé Kodjo, who died in Ghana on March 3, 2024. Although there are no exact figures for the number of Togolese citizens living in exile, a few leading names stand out. In March 2021, political activist and opponent of President Faure Gnassingbé‘s regime, Foussena Djagba, died in Ghana following a short illness. On January 9,...
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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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Yaya Dillo Djerou, dressed in white. Screenshot from the video “Tchad : l'opposant Yaya Dillo tué” on the TV5MONDE Info YouTube channel. Fair use. In Chad, the death of political opponent, Yaya Dillo Djérou, just two months ahead of the 2024 presidential elections has been a major setback for the Chadian opposition. On February 27, 2024, the National Election Management Agency (ANGE) announced that Chadian citizens would elect their next leader at the presidential elections on May 6, 2024. These elections should mark the end of the transition period that began with the death of president Idris...
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The symbolic Ferris Wheel, part of the Pripyat amusement park which was scheduled to open May 1, 1986. Image by Keith Adams via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. On April 26, 1986, a catastrophic accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A planned shutdown of the reactor, lasting 20 seconds, seemed like a routine check of electrical equipment. However, a few seconds later, a chemical explosion released about 520 types of dangerous radionuclides into the atmosphere. Thirty-eight years later, Belarusian officials say 12 percent of the country's territory is still contaminated. The ...
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PTI Chairman Imran Khan in June 2023. Image via Wikimedia Commons by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. (CC BY 3.0). On April 1 this year, a Pakistan court suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's 14-year jail sentence for illegally selling state gifts given to him by foreign dignitaries while in office. He was sentenced alongside his wife Bushra Bibi, on January 31, 2024, a week before the February 8 general elections, which Khan's party claims were rigged. Earlier, on February 3, 2024, Khan and his wife received a seven-year jail sentence for breaching Islamic marriage laws. Khan, who has been de...
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Art by Global Voices over photos of Alexandre de Moraes by Antonio Augusto/TSE and Elon Musk by James Duncan Davidson on Flickr. Licenses: Public domain and (CC BY-NC 2.0), respectively. Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes included the owner of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, in an investigation into the operations of digital militias in the country. The decision was taken on April 8, a couple of days after Musk reposted an X official account claiming to have received the court's orders to block accounts in Brazil, saying they would appeal it. Moraes is the justice in charge of...
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Screenshot of RussiaPost article's page. Used with permission from RussiaPost. Based on her research, Vlada Baranova claims that the war in Ukraine has led to the ethnicization of conflicts and confrontation between the federal authorities, perceived as “Russian,” and the Indigenous population. Language and environmental activism is becoming more tinged with nationalism, as well. Her study was carried out within the framework of the Nemtsov Fund program “Known Unknowns: Studying Russia after 2022” and published by RussiaPost. Global Voices is republishing the article, edited for clarity, with ...
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