Myanmar introduces ‘draconian’ cyber security bill amid growing anti-coup protestsStakeholders have rejected the bill and questioned the legitimacy of the military governmentWritten by Mong Palatino15 February 2021
New Russian law demands self-censorship from social media platformsPopular platforms are now required to proactively block prohibited contentWritten by Tanya Lokot14 February 2021
Is Mozambique trying to expel a foreign journalist?Tom Bower is founder of the news website Zitamar NewsWritten by Dércio Tsandzana Translated by Dércio Tsandzana12 February 2021
Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei formally arrested for alleged spying in ChinaTensions between Australia and China continue to intensifyWritten by Kevin Rennie12 February 2021
Security concerns and legal ambiguities threaten the future of Ukraine's ‘State in a Smartphone’Data security concerns abound over the country’s digital governance reformWritten by Tetyana Bohdanova11 February 2021
Beijing to drill Hong Kong schoolchildren with national security educationPatriotic lessons will begin at age 6Written by Oiwan Lam10 February 2021
Saudi court reduces sentence of prominent doctor held since 2017Saudi-US Walid Fitaihi was penalized for his opinionsWritten by Hakim Abou Marwane9 February 2021
Some Western observers share Central Asia's misgivings about Alexey NavalnyA Central Asian perspective on a divisive Russian figure, Part 2Written by Filip Noubel, Yevgeniya Plakhina9 February 2021
China blocks Clubhouse after netizens discuss Xinjiang and TiananmenFor a brief moment in time, Clubhouse cracked the Great FirewallWritten by Oiwan Lam8 February 2021
Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago as examples of how smaller countries have been responding to COVID-19'Smaller countries proved more agile than [most] of their larger counterparts'Written by Janine Mendes-Franco8 February 2021
‘You messed with the wrong generation’: Daily protests pose strong challenge to Myanmar coupRead local perspectives on the coup and watch protest videos shared by citizen journalistsWritten by Global Voices South East Asia8 February 2021
Indian farmers’ protests: Twitter withholds, then restores, prominent accounts by government orderSome of the accounts belonged to journalists and media outlets who reported on the protestsWritten by Samaya Anjum5 February 2021
Queer and single French women face uphill legal battle to have biological childrenWidows, however, may receive artificial insemination from their deceased partnersWritten by Laila Le Guen4 February 2021
Protests rock Istanbul's most prestigious university over appointment of new rector159 students were arrested this week in connection with the protestsWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva4 February 2021
Nearly a hundred Kurdish activists detained by Iran's security forces in 2021The whereabouts of at least 40 Kurds remain unknownWritten by Fred Petrossian3 February 2021
Citizens launch civil disobedience campaign on second day of Myanmar coupSome doctors have resigned in protest against the coupWritten by Global Voices South East Asia3 February 2021
What Kyrgyzstan’s hasty transition to presidential governance says about the state of its democracyWill Kyrgyzstan remain the freest society in Central Asia? Written by Aigerim Turgunbaeva3 February 2021
Supreme Court steps in after sexual assault verdict leads to public outcry in IndiaJudgement given by Bombay High Court cited as 'dangerous'Written by Anumeha Verma3 February 2021
COVID-19 vaccine in Africa: Caught between China’s soft-power diplomacy and the West’s vaccine nationalism, Part II African governments may wait till 2022 before securing a coronavirus vaccineWritten by Nwachukwu Egbunike1 February 2021
COVID-19 vaccine in Africa: Caught between China’s soft-power diplomacy and the West’s vaccine nationalism, Part INigeria and Kenya are sourcing their COVID-19 vaccine from ChinaWritten by Nwachukwu Egbunike1 February 2021
What happened in Myanmar on the first day of the coupThe military cited election fraud in declaring a state of emergencyWritten by Mong Palatino1 February 2021