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These posts are part of Advox, a Global Voices project dedicated to protecting freedom of expression online.

Stories about Advox from August, 2021

#KeepItOn: How the Twitter ban is affecting young Nigerians

“I had anxiety attack the day the news was announced.”

Written by Victoria Audu

30 August 2021

Employees of Hungarian-owned TV in North Macedonia conduct partial strike over unpaid salaries

Controversial company is under investigation for tax evasion, money laundering

Written by Guest Contributor

29 August 2021

Little chance of justice for Colombia's murdered journalists

Organizations believe that impunity leads to more violence

Written by J. Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo

27 August 2021

Facebook user gets 18-month prison sentence for mocking Cambodia’s prime minister

Human rights groups said the conviction would suppress free expression

Written by Mong Palatino

27 August 2021

Russian court issues bigger fines to social media companies for breaching data localization rules

Social media giants have heretofore ignored Russia's data localization demands

Written by Tanya Lokot

26 August 2021

The evil of banal censorship

These censored images are mostly mundane. What's the problem here?

Written by Lokman Tsui

24 August 2021

Blogger gets prison sentence for branding Kazakhstan's language policies “russophobic”

Kazakhstan's history with Russian language and ethnic Russians is complicated

Written by Tanya Lokot

23 August 2021

More independent media added to Russia's “foreign agent” roster

Dozhd and iStories join a host of other media and NGOs

Written by Tanya Lokot

20 August 2021

With attacks on Ukrainian activists on the rise, civic pressure is key to ensuring justice

Hanna Belovolchenko explores why crimes against Ukrainian activists are escalating

Written by Transitions Online

20 August 2021

Nanjala Nyabola joins Global Voices as Advox Director

As director of the Advox project, Nanjala will guide Global Voices' editorial reporting, research, activism and advocacy on freedom of expression and digital rights and technology.

Written by Georgia Popplewell, Ivan Sigal

20 August 2021

Journalists call for the release of Cheng Lei who has spent a year in detention in China

She was a TV journalist in China before her arrest

Written by Mong Palatino

17 August 2021

Belarus court labels independent media outlets Tut.by, Zerkalo.io as ‘extremist’

Tut.by had previously taken its social media archives offline

Written by Tanya Lokot

13 August 2021

#FreeRebecca: Global Voices Sub-Saharan Africa condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of Cameroon’s tech leader Rebecca Enonchong

Enonchong arrested without warrant, remains in custody without proper charges.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Njeri Wangari

12 August 2021

After writing about police killings, editor of The Intercept Brazil is made target of investigation

Leandro Demori was accused of slander against institutions

Written by Giovana Fleck

11 August 2021

‘I demand 100 percent freedom’ — Hong Kong political artist leaves for Taiwan citing crackdown

Kacey Wong decided to leave after the arrest of 47 activists

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

5 August 2021

Georgian State Security Service accused of mass-surveillance of public figures

The documents were leaked to the pro-opposition TV station Mtavari Arkhi

Written by OC Media

3 August 2021

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