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North Africa</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='11 _01 2025'>5 days ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>Activist Abdel-Rahman al-Qaradawi faces grave risks after Lebanon’s swift extradition to UAE, raising questions about sovereignty and human rights violations.</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/10/australia-is-the-first-nation-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-pixabay-159395-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/10/australia-is-the-first-nation-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s/' rel='bookmark'>Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='Advox' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/advox-tall-trans-240.png' loading='lazy' /><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/oceania/' rel='tag'>Oceania</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; 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<span class='datestamp' title='9 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>"Myanmar’s military regime struggled harder to maintain a charade of normalcy this year as its territorial control shrank in the face of relentless resistance advances."</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/09/43-years-in-syrias-prisons-for-refusing-to-bomb-a-city/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ragheed-Al-Tatari-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/09/43-years-in-syrias-prisons-for-refusing-to-bomb-a-city/' rel='bookmark'>43 years in Syria&#39;s prisons for refusing to bomb a city</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/middle-east-north-africa/' rel='tag'>West Asia &amp; North Africa</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='9 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>Jailed for rejecting Assad’s orders during Hama’s massacre, Al-Tatari's release after 43 years marks the resilience of human integrity.</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/a-young-pannist-is-a-new-guinness-world-record-hopeful-and-trinidad-tobago-could-not-be-more-proud/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-07-at-11.35.39 PM-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/a-young-pannist-is-a-new-guinness-world-record-hopeful-and-trinidad-tobago-could-not-be-more-proud/' rel='bookmark'>A proud Trinidad &#038; Tobago awaits Guinness Record ruling on young steel pannist’s musical marathon</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/caribbean/' rel='tag'>Caribbean</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='8 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>"The steelpan is a symbol of our creativity, resilience, and the enduring spirit [and] your achievement [has] elevated our beloved art form to new heights on the global stage."</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/on-january-10-all-eyes-will-be-on-venezuela/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Untitled-design-50-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/on-january-10-all-eyes-will-be-on-venezuela/' rel='bookmark'>On January 10, all eyes will be on Venezuela</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/latin-america/' rel='tag'>Latin America</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='8 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>Venezuela's presidency feels like a toss-up as both candidates call for massive protests ahead of inauguration day on January 10.</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/stories-from-a-flooded-planet-the-impacts-of-floods-from-the-perspectives-of-eight-authors/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/For-Stories-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/stories-from-a-flooded-planet-the-impacts-of-floods-from-the-perspectives-of-eight-authors/' rel='bookmark'>Stories from a flooded planet: The impacts of floods from the perspectives of eight authors</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='The Bridge' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/the-bridge-240.png' loading='lazy' /><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/latin-america/brazil/' rel='tag'>Brazil</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; 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At stake is the shift from a multi stakeholder model ... to a government-dominated approach.</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/07/esu-is-not-satan-a-yoruba-campaign-against-religious-discrimination/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1735737011120-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/07/esu-is-not-satan-a-yoruba-campaign-against-religious-discrimination/' rel='bookmark'>Esu is not satan: A Yoruba campaign against religious discrimination</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/sub-saharan-africa/' rel='tag'>Sub-Saharan Africa</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='7 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>"Esu is the deity that guides the entrances, exits, crossroads, and markets in Yorubaland. It is described as neither completely good nor evil. Esu punishes those who break cosmic laws."</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/07/vietnam-strengthens-control-of-internet-and-civil-society-through-new-decrees/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Vietnam-crowd-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/07/vietnam-strengthens-control-of-internet-and-civil-society-through-new-decrees/' rel='bookmark'>Vietnam strengthens control of internet and civil society through new decrees</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='Advox' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/advox-tall-trans-240.png' loading='lazy' /><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag'>East Asia</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='7 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>This new decree “neither protect the public from any genuine security concerns nor respect fundamental human rights.”</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/06/fifteen-times-hong-kong-made-international-headlines-in-2024/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-20-5.12.32-PM-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/06/fifteen-times-hong-kong-made-international-headlines-in-2024/' rel='bookmark'>Fifteen times Hong Kong made international headlines in 2024</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='Advox' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/advox-tall-trans-240.png' loading='lazy' /><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag'>East Asia</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='6 _01 2025'>1 week ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>Hong Kong made the news on several occasions in 2024 whether for passing new security legislation, censorship laws, or the mystery surrounding the deaths of several monkeys at a city-centre zoo.</p></div></article></div></div><div class="navigation">
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