2019 Special Coverage · Global Voices

Since March 2019, Hongkongers have been demonstrating strenuously against a proposed amendment to the city's extradition laws. If passed, the bill would authorize the extradition of crime suspects to mainland China.
In 1989, China's military undertook a brutal crackdown on student-led demonstrations that culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4. 30 years on, we memorialize those events and their lasting effects.
The Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa team is proud to present a full range of articles on one of the most important elections on the African continent in 2019 — the Nigerian general elections. If the upcoming presidential election in Africa’s most populous country are free, fair and credible, it sets…
It has been a long time since the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has known political stability. From the 2013 death of Hugo Chávez, to the 2017 political de-fanging of legislative powers, to Juan Guaidó's open challenge to President Nicolás Maduro's legitimacy in January 2019, Venezuelans have endured what feels like…
With support from The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Global Voices has launched a project that examines interferences with digital rights during key political events in seven African countries.