Australian-Chinese relations have taken a dramatic dip following a tweet by China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian that included a doctored image depicting an Australian soldier slitting the throat of an Afghan child. The tweet said: ‘Shocked by murder of Afghan civilians & prisoners by Australian soldiers. We strongly condemnContinue Reading
Hong Kong’s recently enacted national security law has empowered the security police to freeze suspects’ bank accounts during an investigation, which has eroded public trust in the banking system. In the past few months, there have been several cases which indicate that the banking system is being been weaponized byContinue Reading
This article by Samee Alhwash was originally published on The Battleground and is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Whether in the boycott-French-products campaign on social media or through conversations with friends, Muslims I know feel conflicted about the recent terrorist attacks in Vienna and Nice. While theyContinue Reading
Since November, a group of Cubans has been demanding freedom of expression in solidarity with members of an artists collective which has been facing repression from state authorities. On November 27, a group of young Cubans demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Culture in Havana to show solidarity withContinue Reading
A student group in Malaysia is under probe for sedition after releasing a statement on Facebook urging the king not to interfere in national affairs. On October 30, the Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY) published a statement titled “Yang di-Pertuan Agong Should Not Interfere In National Affairs“. YangContinue Reading
This is the third article in a series that highlights the question of slavery reparations in the Caribbean. (The first is here; the second is here.) It is based around issues discussed in the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s live stream event, “The Case for Reparations,” which featured an in-depth conversationContinue Reading
As Caribbean netizens logged on to their browsers on the morning of December 10, they got a pleasant surprise: an illustrated portrait of Sir Arthur Lewis, whose head formed the second “O” in the Google Doodle of the day. Today is the anniversary of the day Sir. W. Arthur LewisContinue Reading
Belarusians continue to protest against longtime ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, braving police violence and the cold. As the EU prepares its third package of sanctions against Belarusian officials and enterprises, demands are growing for the West to apply greater economic pressure, in particular to consider banning the supply of certain ITContinue Reading
The Trinidad and Tobago blogosphere has been in a heated discussion over the country’s deportation of 16 Venezuelan minors and 11 adults — including nine women — who were reportedly sent away shortly before the group was supposed to have a habeas corpus hearing carded for 2 p.m. on NovemberContinue Reading
Ever since it was announced that Trinidad and Tobago’s 2021 Carnival celebrations would be cancelled because of COVID-19, enthusiasts of the national festival have been feeling a tad maudlin. This feeling of longing for what’s been lost—usually in cases of unrequited love—is what Trinbagonians call tabanca, and there are fewContinue Reading