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The German police shut down a pro-Palestinian conference in Berlin, citing the risk that one of the speakers invited might make anti-Semitic comments or incite violence. Screenshot from a New York Times video. Fair use. This article was originally published in the New Arab on April 16, 2024. It was written by Dima Hamdan, a Palestinian journalist based in Berlin. She is the manager of the Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network. The article is republished in Global Voices as part of a content partnership agreement. It was supposed to be a three-day major event where grassroots activists and leading ...
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Some staff members from Togolese media outlet, AfrikElles. Gadedjisso is in the middle; Photo by AfrikElles, used with permission. African women are often overlooked in this continent’s media publications despite their significant contributions towards the societies’ development. In Togo, since 2021, French-language media outlet, AfrikElles, has reported on the role of women and their everyday lives, thus making them the primary focus of its editorial line. This online magazine covers several topics: women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, women’s experiences in society as well as wome...
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Emily, a video journalist / Photo from The Irrawaddy. Used with permission. This article was originally published in The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar. This edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Journalists, like all Myanmar citizens, have faced the harsh consequences of dictatorship since the military unlawfully seized power in 2021. Following the coup, the junta targeted independent news outlets by arresting, jailing, and even killing journalists on fabricated charges. However, independent news outlets and journalists are s...
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Image created using Canva. About six years ago, I wrote about a new “virus” for journalism. Despite the fact that several years have passed, there is still no “anti-virus” against deepfakes, the making of which has been advanced and perfected, and the last step is to simplify the production process of these hoax videos. Thus far, there has been a need for certain skills in using specific programs to produce deepfakes. The development of new applications based on artificial intelligence but easier to use is leading to the mass production of deepfakes. In the last presidential election in the Un...
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Alexey Navalny and Yulia Navalnaya hugging after his release from the custody, after an appeal from the prosecutor's office. Date 19 July 2013. Image by Evgenii Feldman, Novaya Gazeta. CC BY-SA 3.0. The shock of Alexey Navalny's death in the Arctic Yamal penal colony Harp on February 16, 2024, was felt by millions of people in Russia and abroad. The informal leader of the opposition to Putin, he was optimistic about his and Russia's future even after three years in jail and over 300 days in unbearable solitary confinement. Urban-type settlement of Kharp. Image by ValeryZatolochny. CC BY 3.0. W...
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Brazilian journalist Amanda Lima. Photo: Personal archive, used with permission. On February 3, Amanda Lima published a story in the Portuguese daily Diário de Notícias about two protests that took place on the same day in Lisbon, but with very different agendas. While at Largo do Intendente, people celebrated different cultures with music, cuisine, and signs that read “Migrants welcome,” less than one kilometer away, at Largo de Camões, a far-right nationalist group held signs declaring “Portugal for Portuguese people,” hailing historic dictator Salazar and protesting against what they called...
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The Independence Monument in Togo's capital, Lomé. Photo by Jean Sovon. Used with permission. There are two national languages designated in Togo's constitution: Éwé and Kabyè, which belong to the large Niger-Congo language family. Paradoxically, however, it is another language, Mina, also called Gen, that's been proven to be the language most widely spoken in the country. There are more than 50 languages spoken in Togo, a country with a population of more than 9 million. In 1975, two languages, Éwé, which is spoken in the south, and Kabyè, spoken in the north, were adopted as Togo's national ...
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Shan Herald Agency for News editor-in-chief Sai Muang. Source: The Irrawaddy This article was originally published in The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar. This edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Since the 2021 coup, the proliferation of “fake news” has become widespread in Myanmar. Independent media groups combat “fake news” through daily broadcasts and by raising community awareness about journalism. The Shan Herald Agency for News has been covering Shan State for over 33 years, urging the public to speak out against human ...
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