Whose conservation, whose development? The Maasai struggle over land in northern Tanzania
Conservation has become a tool for “green grabbing”: The taking of community land in the name of environmental protection while opening space for tourism, hunting, and investment interests.
When Chinese parents outsource control over their adult children
China's rebranded “internet addiction” industry now helps families confine legally independent adult children, exposing how parental coercion survives through private institutions and weak enforcement
What does home mean for people with no single territory connecting them?
In this collaborative article, Global Voices contributors explore these two stories of statelessness, and reveal how minority communities are redefining nationhood, loyalty, and identity across the re
The signal we cannot ignore: What the LONDA 2025 report reveals about Africa’s digital rights
The digital landscape is becoming increasingly dangerous for vulnerable groups. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is a growing epidemic that most legal frameworks fail to address adequately
The anatomy of erasure: Indigenous Assyrian women and forgotten genocide
Indigenous Assyrian women were erased three times: first as Assyrians, then through sexual violence, finally by history itself. The machinery that made them disappear is still running.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Why do less than 12 percent of Africans have AI access?
While African capitals announce their national AI strategies and tech giants launch their “innovation hubs” across the continent, millions of households are still living without reliable electricity.
Reporting when the internet goes dark: How journalists find workarounds when cut off
Access Now has documented close to 2,000 internet shutdowns between 2016 and 2024, with the number of blackouts rising since 2020.
Palestinians are being locked out of the digital economy
A new 7amleh report finds Palestinians are systematically excluded from digital payments, e-commerce, and remote work — structural barriers that deepen economic strangulation under occupation
Myanmar journalists across borders remain dedicated to truth despite risks
“I am safe now, but I feel disconnected from the ground. Every story takes more effort, more risk.”
Meta removes Bangladeshi community archivists’ pages through false copyright claims
Coordinated false copyright claims targeted Bangladeshi archivists, journalists, and activists, exploiting Meta’s reporting system to remove evidence of abuses, disrupt documentation efforts, and unde
Legal access in a shrinking space: Building ecosystems to end statelessness
Durable ecosystems of support are not a supplement to legal strategy; they are the strategy, from community to clinic to court and back again.
Israel Rejects Trump's 15-Point Gaza Plan, Netanyahu Says
Netanyahu says Israeli forces will not leave Gaza until Hamas is disarmed, breaking publicly with a US-backed peace plan just over a week after Washington called a deal with Hamas 'historic.'
Indigenous stories are global stories
“Even after the fall of empires and political decolonization, we, Indigenous peoples, continue to struggle for recognition and to protect and advance our fundamental rights in the world.”
Identity beyond citizenship: What remains when the state refuses to recognise you?
Documents can confirm a legal relationship with a state, but they cannot create or erase a person’s existence, history, family, or sense of belonging.
How AI is upgrading African dictatorship
A March 2026 study by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the African Digital Rights Network found that 11 African governments had collectively spent more than USD 2 billion on AI-powered s
How a community-led campaign is helping save Nigeria’s Kam language
The current number of Kam speakers is approximately 8,000 – 11,000. Like many other languages in northeastern Nigeria, Kam received no attention from researchers before 2016.
Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health
Digital surveillance does much more than steal data. It inflicts deep human wounds; it stops people from safely developing and expressing their identities, breeds trauma that can last for generations,
Courts and unions fail to protect workers in Kazakhstan
On paper, trade unions serve as the primary institution by which workers’ rights are protected. For more than three decades in Kazakhstan, however, they have been under constant pressure.
Cocoa farmers in southeast Cameroon are adapting to EU regulations, but they still want a fair price
“We produce certified cocoa respecting standards, which means we have learned to keep the environment, the people, and the cocoa bean healthy- harmony between nature, people, and cocoa.”
Can AI help build peace? African youth are showing a path forward
How are African youth using AI to build peace? What are some of the challenges that come with using AI for peace?
Brazil opens investigation on Google over its AI’s impact on the journalism industry
Commissioner Diogo Thomson considered that the insertion of generative AI has “significantly altered the dynamics of access, visibility, and monetization of journalistic content in the digital environ
AI cameras are surveilling the roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Over 1,000 cases were filed in 10 days as Bangladesh launches an AI-powered traffic enforcement system for the first time, while the fate of unregistered battery-powered rickshaws stays unclear.
A stateless traveler’s journey through ignorance and misinformation
“As a person who was born stateless ... I have learned to fear things that come naturally to other people.”