2020 Special Coverage · Global Voices

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions which prohibit mass gatherings, young Thai activists continue to organize massive protests. This marks the first time when the Thai monarchy has been talked about publicly
Belarus is undergoing perhaps its most serious political crisis since independence. This eastern European country of nearly 10 million has been ruled by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka since 1994. The former collective farm manager is a great survivor. For over 20 years he has outmanoeuvred political opponents, playing off Russia against…
These activists are working to promote inclusion and the visibility of African languages like Bambara, Khoekhoe, N|uu, Swahili and Yorùbá in digital spaces.
An archive of Global Voices special coverage pages from 2019.
A compilation of reactions from around the world to the protests sparked by the May 25 killing of black American George Floyd by a white police officer in the United States.
This year, COVID-19 is affecting Pride Month as many public events, including festivals and Pride Parades, have to be cancelled or significantly reduced because of health risks.
Over a million people from Turkic and Han Muslim groups have been incarcerated, and that is just a part of the pain.
These analytical stories, from seven African countries — Algeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia and Uganda — examined identity-driven hate speech as it manifests in digital spaces.
In late 2019, the magazine The Economist selected the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan as “the country of the year” for the pace of its economic reforms and political changes. There is little doubt Uzbekistan in 2020 cannot compare to what it was in 2016, when it was still under…
Global Voices’ special coverage of COVID-19 offers a view on the pandemic from the perspective of our global community of contributors.
Latin America is infamous for its high rates of femicide and gender-based violence, but women and men are fighting back.
Turbulent politics is no novelty for Moldova. It is, by conventional cliche, a country trapped: sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, caught between Russia and the West, and ensnared by poverty and corruption. By the winter of 2018, the European Union (EU) had become so concerned about the rule of law…
The Wuhan coronavirus is not just a health crisis, it is also a major political moment of truth.
India is often called the world's largest democracy, a title it can certainly claim in terms of voters, as 900 million people are eligible to cast ballots. But a closer look at India's legal framework may cast doubts on the quality of this democracy, and whether or not the country…
Across the globe, the internet has penetrated everyday activities to such an extent that any disruption in access directly affects a vast array of human activities: personal communication, consumption and production of information, business and trade, rescue operations. Indeed nearly 60 percent of the planet’s population is now connected to…
Taiwan is holding presidential elections on January 11th, 2020 to determine the course of its political and economic orientation for the next four years. Following six months of political unrest in Hong Kong that have impacted public opinion on the island, the elections come at a crucial time and reveal…
On August 5, India's government revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution that had provided special autonomy to the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Myanmar’s general election is scheduled for November 8. Around 7,000 candidates from over 90 parties are competing for 1,171 legislative seats. This election is considered crucial to the consolidation of Myanmar’s democratic transition.
War returns to Nagorno-Karabakh, on a scale unseen since the 1994 ceasefire. As more lives are lost in a bid to secure this corner of the Caucasus, what must be done to win peace?
Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has long been notorious for human rights violations. In October 2020, the Nigerian youth have risen up en masse to wage war against its brutality.
This student-led pro-democracy movement marks the first time in modern Thai history that the monarchy has been criticized publicly.