Stories from 3 August 2021
Nani Jansen Reventlow and Rasha Abdulla join Global Voices board
We're pleased to announce the addition of two outstanding new members to our board of directors.
Chronicles of a transgender woman’s visit to the doctor
“Many doctors see her from the point of view that she ’should be’ a man, who for them is so weak that he resorts to wearing feminine garments.”
The diplomatic struggle over Taiwan's name in the Olympics
The Taiwan team can only use a plum blossom flag in the Olympic Games because the International Olympic Committee refused to let Taiwan using its national flag.
Missing Belarusian activist found dead in Ukraine
Shyshou, who left Belarus in the autumn of 2020 fearing state persecution, founded the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organisation supporting Belarusian citizens fleeing regime persecution.
Georgian State Security Service accused of mass-surveillance of public figures
The Georgian State Security Service (SSG) has been spying on journalists, opposition and ruling party politicians, activists, priests, businesspeople, and other public figures, according to leaked documents.
Nikol Pashinyan re-appointed as Prime Minister in Armenia
The appointment follows Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party victory in the June snap election. Pashinyan had been serving as acting Prime Minister until the official appointment on August 1.
In Azerbaijan women's rights activists protest outside the Ministry of the Interior
A coffin covered with the names of domestic abuse victims was placed at the entrance of the Ministry of the Interior in Baku on July 30.