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Various activists were detained in Mexico in under two weeks

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30 June 2020

Netflix picks up ‘Resgate,’ the first Mozambican film to appear on the platform

African productions are gaining traction on Netflix

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29 June 2020

What is it like to be a mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong and supporting the protests?

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29 June 2020

In Brazil, COVID-19 death rate for black community is higher than for other populations

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India's digital ID system deepens exclusion of vulnerable communities amid pandemic

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29 June 2020

Students arrested for demanding internet facilities in Balochistan

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29 June 2020

Protest art in the streets of Tripoli: An interview with Lebanese artist Batool Jacob

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29 June 2020

Milada Horáková: 70 years after her sham trial and execution, Czechs reflect on their communist past

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Network marketing in Tanzania turns billionaire dreams into nightmares

'Get-rich-quick' schemes prey on poor, vulnerable youth

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28 June 2020

June 2020, a month of #BLM in Japan

Nationwide protests oppose police brutality and support Black lives

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27 June 2020

Taking down statues: France confronts its colonial and slave trade past

Public monuments are not 'history,' they are 'political choices'

Written by Jade Dussart

Translated by Laura

27 June 2020

Kyrgyzstan's journalists fear yet another hurdle to freedom of speech

Journalists are deeply concerned about a new law against "manipulating information"

Written by Aigerim Turgunbaeva

26 June 2020

Activists demand end to year-long internet disruption in Myanmar's Rakhine and Chin States

In the middle of a global pandemic, access to information is even more critical than usual.

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26 June 2020

From prison to exile: An interview with Vietnamese activist Tran Thi Nga

They broke her bones in one attack, but never her spirit

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26 June 2020

History repeats itself: Chinese state terror and the dismantling of Uyghur neo-Jadidism

One of the many casualties of the Chinese state's assault on Uyghurs is the climate of progressive and education and culture fostered and funded by Uyghur entrepreneurs.

Written by Dilnur Reyhan

25 June 2020

Harrowing tales from African domestic workers in Lebanon

Migrant workers are deprived of basic human rights

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25 June 2020

Nationalists in North Macedonia use border closures to sow confusion and mistrust

Factcheckers disproved the claims but the damage was already done

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

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