"Can Singapore preserve order without over-criminalising peaceful expression? Can we protect cohesion without demanding quiet ...

This post is part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “Human perspectives on AI.” This series will offer insight into how AI is being used in global majority countries, how its use and ...

Democratic freedoms depend not only on protection from direct state violence but on citizens being able to organise without assuming their participation is permanently recorded.” ...

Sexualized imagery featuring female bodies saturates Japan’s public spaces — from magazine covers in convenience stores to billboards on city streets — and has become widely normalized. In October ...

As I read through the pieces Global Voices’ authors contributed to the August 2026 Spotlight series, “Indigenous Rights,” one ...

As live music becomes central to Casablanca’s cultural brand, musicians remain caught between expanding opportunities and ...

The security crisis has displaced more than a million people and caused thousands of deaths, affecting every sector of ...

August 14, 1791, put in motion the first major anti-slavery movement in Haiti — part Vodou ceremony, part political congress, ...

As the Lee administration said that it would seek public consensus, the anti-war network will continue roaring to stop the ...

About 60 to 70 percent of the Ghanaian population depends on the traditional medicine market for their medical care, ...

After losing three finals, the Cameroonian women’s team finally lifted the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Their 3–0 victory ...

"Get ready to watch as the chicks hatch and their parents raise them high above the hustle and bustle of Melbourne city life.