Citizen Media · January, 2020

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Citizen Media · January, 2020

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Remembrance for femicide victims in Trinidad & Tobago raises awareness of gender-based violence

'If the reporting mechanisms worked, those women would be alive'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

31 January 2020

Waterfront communities displaced by forced evictions in Lagos, Nigeria

So far, 24 communities have been demolished, rendering 50,000 people homeless

Written by Adetomiwa Isiaka

31 January 2020

In Dhaka's mayoral election, environmental promises undermined by plastic campaign posters

Dhaka doesn't need to be Singapore, it needs to be clean

Written by পান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha)

Translated by Rezwan

29 January 2020

Data shows trend of fewer Hungarians attending public protests

Did participation drop after institution of new public assembly law?

Written by Atlatszo.hu

27 January 2020

Justice elusive for nine victims of funk party police raid in São Paulo favela

Nine residents of São Paulo favelas died during a military police operation in Paraisópolis in early December 2019.

Written by Agência Mural

Translated by Liam Anderson

27 January 2020

Citizens from Chinese city on lockdown roar ‘Beijing has abandoned Wuhan!’

'I am terrified by the situation in Wuhan'

Written by Oiwan Lam

26 January 2020

Conservationists decry Sri Lankan decision to arm local groups against elephants

Is guns in the hands of civilians the solution?

Written by Rezwan

24 January 2020

Pakistani director halts release of award-winning film after receiving threats

Conservatives allege that it wrongfully portrays clerics

Written by Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman

22 January 2020

Is Russia getting its model for digital authoritarianism from China?

Interview with assistant professor Maria Repnikova on the parallels between digital governance in Russia and China

Written by Filip Noubel

21 January 2020

Baul singer Shariat Sarkar arrested in Bangladesh for ‘insulting’ Islam

He challenged the claim that music is forbidden in Islam

Written by পান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha)

Translated by Rezwan

20 January 2020

Zanzibar says goodbye to legendary ‘king of kidumbak,’ musician Makame Faki

'When Makame spoke, time stopped. We listened, we learned...'

Written by Amanda Lichtenstein

19 January 2020

CGNet Swara is using Bluetooth to source content and share news with Indian villages

Can people use Bluetooth to share news?

Written by Rezwan

18 January 2020

New privacy law in Mozambique threatens freedom of expression, activists say

Citizens could be prosecuted for sharing images without consent

Written by Dércio Tsandzana, Liam Anderson

16 January 2020

From Indonesian exile to Czechoslovakian pop star: An interview with Rony Marton

Jaroni Surjomartono, an Indonesian scholar, arrived in Prague in 1963. He and hundreds of scholars were later banned from returning home after General Suharto rose to power.

Written by Juke Carolina

Translated by Juke Carolina, Andi Tenri Wahyuni

16 January 2020

This community library is changing the chaos narrative in Haiti's Cité Soleil

Cité Soleil is transforming its image of urban despair

Written by Joseph W. Alliance

15 January 2020

Supreme Court of India declares internet ban in Jammu and Kashmir unconstitutional

The Court gave the government one week to review the ban

Written by Anumeha Verma

13 January 2020

In Modi’s India, anti-Bangladeshi-immigrant rhetoric is used to justify changes in citizenship laws

"The anti-illegal-Bangladeshi-immigrant chorus has gripped India"

Written by Rezwan

12 January 2020

Will 2020 be the year of the Nigerian girl and woman?

2019 was a major year for Nigerian girls and women’s rights

Written by Adetomiwa Isiaka

10 January 2020

Guatemalan indigenous journalist charged with terrorism released from prison

Francisco Lucas joins a growing list of persecuted journalists and activists in the country

Written by Melissa Vida

10 January 2020

Interfaith harmony disturbed after Sikh holy site attacked in Pakistan

It allegedly started because of "altercation between two Muslim groups"

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

10 January 2020

Is the Caribbean apocalypse-proof?

The supposedly safest places to be should humanity be threatened

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

9 January 2020

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