Global Voices Advox

Amid rising tensions, the silence of Iranian human rights groups raises critical questions about their priorities, independence, and future direction.

Authorities were called out for their failure to properly investigate previous attacks against the news outlet.

Young Tanzanian American content creator, Marie Mbullu, leverages her platform to change the narrative about Africa on the global map.

Ecuador has become dangerous for journalists investigating corruption cases at the highest levels of state power.

Local journalists said that the restriction is an attempt to gag local and overseas media.

Although homosexuality is not a criminal offense in the Ivory Coast, the LGBTQ+ community remain on the periphery, grappling with a society that does not fully accept them.

The banning of “Jeune Afrique” is another step in Kais Saied’s clampdown on independent media, further undoing the democratic gains of the 2011 revolution.

President Nicolás Maduro’s regime has increased surveillance, persecuted political dissent, and blocked the flow of information online. Venezuelan journalists, activists and political dissidents are looking for ways to circumvent and report the abuse.