Global Voices · Special Coverage

On these pages we summarize more extensive Global Voices coverage of major news events through blogs and citizen media worldwide. If you have suggestions for new special coverage pages, please email us.

What Is Happening in Venezuela?

Venezuela doesn't have one crisis. It has many crises, and ordinary Venezuelans are suffering the consequences.

Mexican Journalists Say ‘No to Silence’

Powerful entities routinely intimidate journalists who investigate state corruption and drug-related violence.

Bloggers Under Fire: The Fatal Consequences of Free Thinking in Bangladesh

The government, the judiciary and police forces have taken no significant measures to deter extremists from targeting bloggers and publishers.

Thailand’s Three Turbulent Years Under Junta Rule

Media reports are strictly regulated, critics are detained to undergo ‘attitude-adjustment’ sessions, and protests are banned.

The Kashmiri People Versus the Indian State

The struggle for independence in Indian-administered Kashmir, which has been brewing since 1989, has taken on a renewed dimension in the last year.

Marcell Shehwaro's Dispatches on Syria

In this powerful, award-winning series for Global Voices, Syrian blogger and activist Marcell Shehwaro describes her life in Aleppo, the heart of Syria's armed conflict, and in exile.