Mexican collective pirating books to make culture accessible is blocked"This is a profoundly classist system of privatization," says PiratecaWritten by Jacobo NájeraTranslated by Laura30 November 2022
In Turkey, social media platforms become complicit in censoring media and freedom of speechThis does not bode well for the elections coming in 2023Written by Arzu Geybullayeva29 November 2022
China’s zero-COVID policy sparks rare country-wide protestsThe current bottom up mobilization is the largest since 1989Written by Oiwan Lam28 November 2022
Undertones: Twitter is a double-edged sword for the Global SouthWith Musk's takeover, the blade might get sharper.Written by Civic Media Observatory28 November 2022
Rare street protests across China: Is Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy turning people against their government?A single voice stating anger publicly started a fireWritten by Filip Noubel27 November 2022
Iran's creative resistance: From hugs and kisses to tossing turbansIranians vent their rage against the government in creative ways.Written by Fred Petrossian22 November 2022
Shallow grave: Putin’s dictatorship is slowly killing Russia's main opposition leader NavalnyRussian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexey Navalny is a shadow of himselfWritten by Daria Dergacheva21 November 2022
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ author Margaret Atwood shuns Russian sanctions, ridicules travel banRussian personal sanctions amount to a travel banWritten by Metamorphosis Foundation21 November 2022
Australia’s World Cup team urges better treatment of migrants and LGBTQ+ individuals in QatarFootball is also about respect and dignity for all. Written by Mong Palatino19 November 2022
33 years ago, the Velvet Revolution started in the streets of PragueParents take children to teach them historical memory Written by Filip Noubel18 November 2022
As we enter an era of Elon Musk's Twitter, is it time for us in civil spaces to find alternatives?Where do the recent changes in Twitter leave the rest of us?Written by Boye Adegoke17 November 2022
‘We were born in a situation of hellish urgency’: How the Russian Feminist Anti-War Resistance Movement worksThere are very few grassroots resistance movements in RussiaWritten by Daria Dergacheva16 November 2022
Defamation lawsuit against Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK sets a dangerous precedentKRIK will contest the verdict in the Appellate CourtWritten by Metamorphosis Foundation16 November 2022
LIVE on November 24: Disinformation and censorship in RussiaThe session will be live streamed on YouTubeWritten by Advox16 November 2022
Freedom House reveals how Mozambique resists China's influence in the media sectorThe Chinese state media presence in Mozambique is minimalWritten by Global Voices LusofoniaTranslated by Dércio Tsandzana15 November 2022
TikToker Nekoglai was deported from Moscow to Moldova with signs of tortureRussian state uses public shaming to punish and repress dissentWritten by Daria Dergacheva14 November 2022
Turkey throttles internet access following deadly explosion in Istanbul"The world is talking about the explosion while Turkey cannot"Written by Arzu Geybullayeva13 November 2022
‘It is really difficult to see resistance when we don't see pictures of street protests': Interview with Belarusian activist Hanna LiubakovaHow to engage international attention when the revolution appears failed?Written by Daria Dergacheva10 November 2022
Eight months of ‘fakes’ and ‘discreditation’: How the Kremlin’s new laws against anti-war dissent are applied onlineThe risk of prosecution forces people to censor themselvesWritten by Sofia Kovalevskaya10 November 2022
Egypt faces a human rights crisis as COP27 beginsInternational protests against Egypt's human rights record during COP27Written by جلوبال فويسز, SinaaTranslated by Mariam A.8 November 2022
Egypt’s systemic greenwashing is sabotaging COP27 before it beginsLocal activists and NGO workers are being barred from the summitWritten by Sydney Allen8 November 2022