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I learned the feeling of statelessness in my Uyghur homeland
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1696+ words) Inside a re-education camp in Xinjiang. Screenshot from BBC News" You Tube Channel. Fair use. This post is part of Global Voices" July 2026 Spotlight series, "Statelessness." This series offers insight into the issue of statelessness and how it hinders people…...
Statelessness " Global Voices
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (304+ words) Statelessness Global Voices Image made by Gabriela Mesones on Canva Pro for Global Voices Statelessness is a profound yet often overlooked human rights issue that affects millions of people around the world. To be stateless is to exist without recognition…...
Selling identities: The commercialization of Mayan culture
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (367+ words) Feature image created by Global Voices using Canva Pro elements. In March 2024, Grupo Xcaret shared a statement reporting on a meeting with the Great Mayan Council of Quintana Roo, in which both parties addressed the "use, protection, and development of…...
The meme that became a movement: Inside India's Cockroach Janta Party
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (401+ words) Screenshot from the You Tube animation Video "Cockroach Janta Party Ka Pehla Manifesto" (CJP's first manifesto) by the Cockroach Janta Party. Fair use. Global Voices" AI Policy doesn"t allow the use AI images but in this case we are…...
Gender-bending in Balkan history and folklore: Sworn virgins, ritual roles and women warriors in drag
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (439+ words) A 2022 BBC article concludes that "only a dozen "sworn virgins" are left in the world, as an ancient Balkan tradition where women live as men dies out." A different example appears in Aleksandar Mani's 2005 documentary "utka Book of Records," which…...
Fighting Western imports: The justification of the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda in Africa
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (338+ words) Image by Global Voices on Canva Pro. According to the Parliament of Ghana, a major milestone was achieved during the 2026 convention, when the African Charter on the Protection of the Family, Sovereignty, and Religious and Cultural Values was unanimously adopted....
Fortress Europe: the new pact on migration and asylum will further deteriorate chances for LGBTQ+ refugees
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (852+ words) Global Voices There are no specific statistics on LGBTQ+ refugees from Russia applying for asylum in the European Union. However, even before the EU's new set of laws on migration and asylum came into force in June 2026, the rate of…...
How Europe ships its waste to Morocco and calls it "recycling" " Global Voices
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (559+ words) Image by Untold Mag, used with permission By Khalid Bencherif and Federica Rossi Fatima's eight-year-old son coughed through another sleepless night in Mediouna, a neighbourhood southeast of Casablanca, Morocco, where the air carries something heavier than dust. I only worry…...
Haiti's "Grenadiers' bring hope and joyful moments at World Cup 2026
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (547+ words) Feature image created by Janine Mendes-Franco using Canva Pro elements. With things so difficult, the FHF, led by Monique Andr, has tried to support the team as much as possible. Because they could not play at home, the Grenadiers had…...
When surveillance becomes part of the landscape
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (347+ words) Illustration by Gilda Martini. Fair use This article by Catalina Balla, communications director at Derechos Digitales, is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. The advance of these technologies is not occurring as an exception or temporary measure....