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July, 2026

A Myanmar artist navigating statelessness and activism in France

Written by Juke Carolina

1 week ago

The journey of a young Rohingya man from genocide to survival and hope

Written by Global Movement Against Statelessness

1 week ago

The right to nationality in Mozambique: The application of ‘Jus soli’ in the fight against statelessness

Written by Global Movement Against Statelessness

1 week ago

‘West Indian by conviction’: The Caribbean says farewell to poet and author Ian McDonald

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

2 weeks ago

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Stories from July, 2026

In Brazil, court ruling sheds light on the story of an undocumented and stateless woman

The country has only had a formal procedure to recognize statelessness since 2017

Written by MigraMundo

Translated by Liam Anderson

1 week ago

Venezuela is burning, and I’m forced to watch from afar

When Venezuela breaks apart, exile means witnessing loss without the possibility of returning home

Written by Andrea Paola Hernandez

1 week ago

Weaponizing citizenship: Silencing dissent in Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s president justifies revoking the citizenship of dissidents

Written by Civic Media Observatory, Samanta Azpurua

1 week ago

Running from Russia, running from hate: A trans girl’s flight to survival

‘I realized I could no longer stay in Russia because it wasn’t safe’

Written by Daria Dergacheva

2 weeks ago

The lost generation: The unfinished education of Rohingya youth in Bangladeshi refugee camps

In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, many children and young people cannot access continuous, quality education

Written by Global Movement Against Statelessness

2 weeks ago

LIVE on August 4: Narratives about Indigenous Rights – Whose stories are being told across media ecosystems?

Join us for a Global Voices Insights webinar streamed live on YouTube

Written by Global Voices

2 weeks ago

The unasked question in the Epstein case: Were any victims stateless?

It is time to ask who was left unprotected — and whether statelessness helped make that possible

Written by Global Movement Against Statelessness

2 weeks ago

Ethnic Vietnamese face discrimination and statelessness in Cambodia

Anti-Vietnamese prejudice adds to the hardships of stateless individuals

Written by Mong Palatino

2 weeks ago

Support Global Voices’ Spotlight: Indigenous Rights

Indigenous communities around the world are finding ways to assert their rights through different mechanisms

Written by Global Voices Announcements

2 weeks ago

How transnational movements can shield African civil spaces

Defending human rights across Africa and the wider Global South must begin with active listening

Written by Guest Contributor

2 weeks ago

How much will it take to rebuild Venezuela after the earthquakes?

Estimating the economic cost of a reconstruction shaped by massive financing needs and economic fragility

Written by Mario Valdivia

2 weeks ago

Protecting Pangolins in India: When an armor is not enough

Pangolins are the most trafficked wild mammals on this planet

Written by Madhumay Mallik

2 weeks ago

Japanese-Filipino children’s painful quests for filial recognition and citizenship

Born out of wedlock without a Japanese father's recognition, some Japanese-Filipino children are left stateless.

Written by Jo Carter

2 weeks ago

Tickets to nowhere: Haitian refugees fall prey to travel scams

Desperation continues pushing many Haitians to search for ways out

Written by Jude Pierre Louis

2 weeks ago

From Mexico to Venezuela: A diaspora’s race to save lives

Thousands of miles away, Venezuelans built a lifeline for survivors

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

2 weeks ago

How an AI research tool helped challenge support for police violence in Brazil

Two organizations used a chatbox interviewer to measure the public pulse on police raids and crime

Written by Guest Contributor

3 weeks ago

Sold as brides, lost at sea: The trafficking of stateless Rohingya girls

"They disappear from the camp one by one, usually at night."

Written by Zulker Naeen

3 weeks ago

Deprivation of nationality in the Gulf: Stories from Kuwait and Bahrain

For Bidoon and stateless Gulf citizens, having no nationality means having no rights at all

Written by Muwatin Media Network

3 weeks ago

70 years on, Argentine court declares ‘Operation Massacre’ a crime against humanity

The court ordered the reparation measures that the victims’ families had long sought

Written by Fabricio Cordido

Translated by Laura

3 weeks ago

Cambodian law can render citizens stateless for ‘undermining national security’

Is the new law a legal tool to promote nationalism or a weapon to silence dissent?

Written by Mong Palatino

3 weeks ago

Cricket’s greatest all-rounder, Barbados’ Sir Garfield Sobers, dies at 89

He was ‘arguably the greatest player to ever play the game’

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

3 weeks ago

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