How a swimming pool became Puerto Rico's symbol of climate change and corruptionProtestors have camped on the pool's construction site for weeksWritten by Ángel Carrión31 July 2021
Violence against women is on the rise in Mexico. How do Mexicans perceive it?A national poll may have some answers.Written by Timothy S. Rich, Alianna Casas, Carolyn Brueggemann30 July 2021
Iranian state comes down hard on protests over ‘Thirsty Khuzestan’Amnesty International says at least eight people killed in crackdownWritten by Fred Petrossian30 July 2021
Journalist working remotely in Barbados shares her experience of street harassment[Harassment] 'is a widespread and ubiquitous issue'Written by Flora Thomas29 July 2021
Afghan refugees flood into Turkey as USA announces final troop withdrawalAfghan refugees enter Turkey as USA withdrawal comes into effectWritten by Doga Celik, Arzu Geybullayeva28 July 2021
Hong Kong hands down first guilty sentence on terrorism and inciting secession charges under national security lawThe convicted protester Tong Ying-kit could face life in prisonWritten by Oiwan Lam28 July 2021
Angola's government launches a campaign to end the use of anabolic body modificationCampaigners hope to raise awareness about the dangers of "jarda"Written by Global Voices LusofoniaTranslated by Giovana Fleck28 July 2021
Cubans want more than just the lifting of the US blockadeWe also want medicine, food, freedom and democracyWritten by Luis RodriguezTranslated by Teodora C. Hasegan26 July 2021
Russian internet censor blocks Team Navalny websitesThe state designated Navalny’s movement and campaign networks as “extremist organizations”Written by Tanya Lokot26 July 2021
Samoa’s first female prime minister takes helm three months after former leader refused to concede defeatA court ruling ended the impasse on Samoa's political leadershipWritten by Mong Palatino26 July 2021
Government announces new media regulations that could further constrain freedom of expression in TurkeyNew measures underway to regulate foreign funded media and misinformation.Written by Arzu Geybullayeva26 July 2021
The French government’s U-turn on regional languagesCould immersive education in minority languages be in fact outlawed? Written by Filip NoubelTranslated by Emma Dewick26 July 2021
In Colombia, ‘yatules’ are the Misak people's pantry and pharmacyMisak people preserve an agricultural practice learned from their ancestorsWritten by J. Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo24 July 2021
The “ticket to happy life” politics of Indian marriages in the context of dowry-related violence"We need to reform the prevailing marriage system"Written by Keerthana Ram23 July 2021
CARICOM bristles at international community's slight as Haiti installs a new prime minister'This is not just a snub for Joseph [but] the absence of recognition of CARICOM'Written by Janine Mendes-Franco22 July 2021
Devices of journalists, government officials in Kazakhstan hacked and spied onSpyware targets journalists, activists, and government officials in Kazakhstan.Written by Paolo Sorbello22 July 2021
Instagram question on the intersectionality of Pride and religion in Trinidad & Tobago raises issue of gender ideologyHow can [you] uphold the dignity of all while calling diverse gender identities ‘diabolical?’Written by Flora Thomas21 July 2021
Team 29, Russia's most prominent legal defense group, shuts down under state pressureThe organisation has long been a thorn in Kremlin's sideWritten by Tanya Lokot21 July 2021
Street art protest in Kazakhstan becomes routineThe ‘mural war’ continues in Almaty, as street artists mock the ex-president’s portraitWritten by Paolo Sorbello21 July 2021
State escalates attacks on media freedom and civil society in BelarusLukashenka's crackdown on media and civil society reached unprecedented scaleWritten by Tanya Lokot20 July 2021
Mozambican journalist receives international prize for press freedomMatias Guente won the 2021 press freedom awardWritten by Global Voices LusofoniaTranslated by Giovana Fleck20 July 2021