‘Crisis and revival of the Tatar national movement’: An interview …
WEB4 days ago · The second-largest ethnic group in the modern Russian Federation, after the Russians, are the Tatars, Turkic-speaking Sunni Muslims who are indigenous to the Volga and Ural regions, including the federal republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.They were also the first Muslim people conquered by Russia in the 16th century. Although some …
Côte d'Ivoire: LGBTQ+ community is legally but not socially accepted
WEB5 days ago · Apart from South Africa, homosexuality is deemed illegal in most African countries and is often punishable by fines and imprisonment. This is true for Côte d'Ivoire’s neighboring countries, such as Guinea, Ghana, and Senegal. Such circumstances also explain why many individuals seek refuge in Côte d’Ivoire. On May 29, 2024, Le Monde ...
How can Moldova unite the country amid Russian pressure?
WEB3 days ago · The primary recommendation from the International Crisis Group on protecting the elections from interference is to combat disinformation and Russian propaganda. The report’s authors called on Western partners to support Moldova’s struggling independent media and encourage the creation of trustworthy Russian-language media outlets. …
Twenty-five new cases of whooping cough in a week in North …
WEB4 days ago · During the week ending September 5, 25 new cases of whooping cough or pertussis, were reported in North Macedonia, which is a 47.1 percent increase compared to the previous seven-day period, the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of North Macedonia announced.In regard to geographic distribution, most of the cases have been …
Armenia’s path out of Russia’s orbit · Global Voices
WEB3 days ago · Armenia reducing mandatory classes taught in Russian language is the latest development in souring Russia–Armenia relations. According to reporting by OC media, the decision is related to a directive issued in July 2024 which would allow students a choice to study two separate foreign language courses, instead of having their first foreign …
Paralympics ceremony in Syria faces backlash and censorship amid ...
WEB5 days ago · In Idlib, northern Syria, the Violet Organization, a humanitarian team, organized a sports event featuring the lighting of the Olympic flame as part of the local Paralympic Games’ opening ceremony. This event sparked widespread controversy. Some viewed the ceremony as promoting pagan customs that conflict with Islamic values, …
Why do girls and women keep dying in Turkey? · Global Voices
WEB4 days ago · According to We Will Stop Femicides platform, 315 women were killed by men, and 248 women were found dead in suspicious circumstances as per platform's documentation for 2023. Turkey signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990. According to the Turkish Justice Ministry’s crime statistics, there has been …
From MENA to WANA: Why terminologies matter · Global Voices
WEB3 days ago · The term “Middle East and North Africa” has long been used to describe a vast and diverse region stretching from Morocco in the west, to Iran in the east.However, the term’s Eurocentrism has been criticized, and in recent years we have seen a growing momentum to replace MENA with terms like SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) …
Chinese electric car production kicks off in Uzbekistan
WEB3 days ago · This article was written by Andrew Gundal for Vlast.kz and published on August 28, 2024. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. With a pompous ceremony at the end of June, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev celebrated the production of the first BYD electric car, …
VenApp, the Chavista app co-opted for harassment in Venezuela
WEB3 days ago · ProBox’s listening study identified the highest activity on this topic between July 30 and August 1, with 62.07 percent (450 mentions). This coincided with a DFRLab analysis that identified a spike in content published on YouTube between July 30 and 31 under terms like “VenApp” “guarimba fascista (fascist guarimba)” “comandito terrorista …