Author: @GlobalRepCentre
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Open up the borders (for journalism)!
‘While the world is forcing us to cooperate internationally and begging for global remedies for everything from the coronavirus to the climate crisis, there is still far too little attention to global journalism’. Gie Goris and Jago Kosolosky, current and future editor-in-chief of MO* respectively, regret that.
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Front-line health-care workers are heroes. We should celebrate them as such.
As the novel coronavirus pandemic sweeps across continents, it is nurses who are bearing much of the brunt of the crisis. Their contributions and sacrifices should not be overlooked.
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Words matter: What language can tell us about the government
In Serbia, there is a deepening divide between the government and its people. Language is the first step in understanding this alienation of citizens.
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Hello World! Can You Hear Us?
One week after Iran erupted in protests, an Iranian journalist in exile reflects on the deafening silence both inside and outside her country.
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Human Rights Defenders Killed In Guatemala
Facing threats and violence, human rights defenders in Guatemala must decide whether to leave their communities or stay and organize protection.
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Narendra Modi’s re-election invokes the dark side of India’s democracy
In his first five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP party took India down a path where basic freedoms and the rule of law are no longer guaranteed, transforming the secular foundations of India’s democracy into a violent, authoritarian regime.
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Starving Venezuelans pay the price for Maduro’s arrogance
In Venezuela, soaring inflation, inadequate social services, impaired communications systems, and a lack of food supplies and medication have crippled the society. People are starving and in desperate need, but aid is being turned away by a president whose decisions are serving his illegitimate grip on power.
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Putin’s Century
The Mueller Report confirmed Russia’s effort to influence the US election, further evidence of Putin manipulating the world stage with his guerrilla political tactics.
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Protesters in Algeria use nonviolence to seek real political change
In a country where the government does not allow a real political dialogue, this is how the Algerian people practice their politics.
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Gambia Confronts its Dark Past
Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) will give Yahya Jammeh’s victims a path towards healing. It’s a step in the right direction. But the proceedings are off to a shaky start.