This article first appeared in ProBox on May 27, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. In recent years, the People's Republic of China ...

The charges for which Istanbul's popular former mayor received a sentence — which stem from comments he made in January — predate his arrest.

Internet is more than a business tool. In Africa, young people are also using it to amplify their voices and get involved in politics, such is the case in Cameroon.

On July 10, the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileira de Letras — ABL) announced that it had elected the first Black woman as a member in its 128-year history. The woman who broke the ...

The article explores why the term “secular” or “secularism” in the constitution has become a source of significant controversy in both India and Bangladesh.

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