Articles by Global Voices Advox
The sex and censorship debate
Feminism and sex often get movies censored in India. But that’s a storyline that filmmakers and audiences are increasingly not impressed with.
Civil society under pressure in Macedonia
Macedonian ruling party leader and former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has pledged to ‘cleanse’ Macedonia’s long-embattled civil society sector.
Indian activist threatened after standing up to right-wing student group
Threats of violence, gang rape, and physical attacks are making news in India, after a 20-year-old student activist from New Delhi launched the #StudentsAgainstABVP protest.
Why is privacy so hard to protect in Tunisia?
The country that successfully kickstarted the Arab Spring is still not able to meet international privacy standards.
Is Tunisia rolling back freedom of information?
Last month, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed issued circular n°4 of 15 January 2017 asking civil servants not to speak to the press and not to reveal official information unless they get the authorization of their hierarchy.
Iraq shuts down internet to prevent cheating
For a third year in a row, Iraqi authorities shut down the internet to prevent students from cheating on exams.
Algerian faces 25 years over Israeli official interview
Morocco charges blogger with “exchanging intelligence with a foreign power” over a YouTube interview with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
Monthly round-up: Attacks on secular voices, transgender and land rights in Asia
In January: “Disappeared” bloggers, activist in Pakistan; LGBT community rights threatened in Indonesia; new independent outlets in Hong Kong; activists see no justice in Cambodia.