Stories from 9 July 2019
Should Trinidad and Tobago repatriate the families of ISIS recruits?
Trinidad and Tobago is the highest per capita recruiting source for ISIS fighters in the Western hemisphere. The nation must now decide whether or not to repatriate their dependents.
As Tanzania bans plastic bags, activists launch 300 youth environmental clubs in Dar es Salaam
These environmental activists teach young people in Dar es Salaam about the importance of nature conservation and the threat of single-use plastic on the environment.
Azerbaijani artists win fight to save a prayer house-turned-cinema from demolition
In a city increasingly overtaken by skyscrapers, the Salaam Cinema has become a symbol of resistance.
‘A dangerous trend': Pakistani journalists critical of the government and military targeted in Twitter campaign
As if threats from the authorities against press freedom in Pakistan were not enough, online nationalist vigilantes are also on the pry against journalists.
China’s censored histories: The struggle to carry memories of the Tiananmen Massacre into the future
Chinese internet users circumvent censorship on 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre with artworks, music and memes.