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Will a free vaccine program boost India’s COVID-19 vaccination rate?

In-person registration is allowing digitally deprived people get vaccinated

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30 June 2021

Top Belarusian media website removes social media posts to protect employees

Belarusian Interior Ministry wants to label the news portal as "extremist."

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29 June 2021

Istanbul: divided on two fronts

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Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

29 June 2021

Hong Kong digital news outlet Stand News removes articles and suspends subscriptions following Apple Daily closure

Another Apple Daily writer was arrested under National Security Law

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

29 June 2021

Myanmar journalists endure attacks for reporting the coup

"Most of us are struggling and our families are suffering"

Written by Mong Palatino

28 June 2021

Amazon Prime TV series dangerously misrepresents Eelam Tamil narratives and histories

Some Tamil community members are calling for a boycott

Written by Keerthana Ram

28 June 2021

Pride month marred by crackdown in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, ranked last on ILGA most recent Rainbow Map ranking.

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

27 June 2021

UNESCO proposes listing World Heritage Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’

Australian government blames flawed and political process for recommendations

Written by Kevin Rennie

27 June 2021

How I awoke from the lasting Cuban deception

We grew up repeating 'pioneers for communism, we will be like Che'

Written by Luis Rodriguez

Translated by Anthony Sutterman

26 June 2021

Confronting ‘vaccine hostility’ in Japan

Alienating anti-vaxxers can lead to more social problems in Japan

Written by Nevin Thompson

26 June 2021

Yemen stalemate deepening its long-ignored human rights crisis

'A pandemic of impunity in a tortured land'

Written by Saoussen Ben Cheikh

25 June 2021

Turkey: Pandemic restrictions out, new restrictions in

Afterward, #Kusurabakiyoruz (we don't excuse you) began trending on Twitter.

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

24 June 2021

Was Michael B. Jordan's ‘J'ouvert’ rum cultural appropriation or a missed opportunity for Trinidad and Tobago?

Basing rum brand on a cherished Carnival festival backfired for US actor

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

24 June 2021

Security police interventions force closure of Apple Daily, Hong Kong's 26-year-old pro-democracy news outlet

The final print edition of the paper will be published on June 24

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 June 2021

Where are the voices of Central Asian and Russian Uyghurs?

Uyghur activists' efforts in the region are muted

Written by Elmira Lyapina

23 June 2021

An Emirati human rights defender's life has ended abruptly, but her legacy remains

'Alaa began by defending her father and ended up defending everyone's rights'

Written by Khalid Ibrahim

23 June 2021

Marmara Sea covered by “sea snot”, with possible dangers to environment

Marine mucilage may have disastrous consequences for the environment

Written by Doga Celik

23 June 2021

Pro-democracy Hongkongers vow to resist on the anniversary of anti-China extradition protests

Mass exodus triggered by national security law will politicize overseas Hongkonger communities.

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 June 2021

To save its economy, can Tunisia reform its oversized public sector?

With the state’s coffers empty, reform is the only solution

Written by Saoussen Ben Cheikh

22 June 2021

#NiUnaMenos six years on: triumphs and new demands of Argentina's feminist movement

What progress has Argentina's feminist movement made so far?

Written by Lucía Leszinsky

Translated by Emma Dewick

22 June 2021

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