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Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #16 (May 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights ongoing threats to Indigenous communities across the Amazon Basin as well as ongoing dialogue about the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Holding the Line: How Defenders Continue to Act When Space is Closing
In the third and final installment of her mini-series, Defending the Defenders: The Global Rise of Legalized Repression, Gaia Guatri examines how civil society actors around the world are adapting to the changing structures of repression around them.
Weave Flashback: On Nakba Day, We Must Affirm That Rights Are Not Narratives (2011)
Who says journalists must be neutral in a cynically constructed “debate” that serves the interest of a colonial power? A question from 2011 continues to resonate today.
Targeting the Press: How Legal Harassment, Violence and Financial Pressure Silence Journalists
In the second installment of her mini-series, Defending the Defenders: The Global Rise of Legalized Repression, Gaia Guatri explores how states and other powerful actors are increasingly constraining the work of journalism through law, violence, and intimidation.
When Repression Wears a Suit: How Law Became the World’s Most Powerful Weapon Against Dissent
In the first installment of her mini-series, Defending the Defenders: The Global Rise of Legalized Repression, Gaia Guatri examines how repression is evolving to encompass lawfare, judicial harassment, detention, and other forms of “legal containment.”
The Silence of Cyclone Harry: Deaths in the Mediterranean Reveal the Toll of Climate Crisis and Institutional Indifference
Carmen Critelli reports that the recent spike in deaths of people on the move off the southwestern coast of Italy exposes the intersection of climate instability, migration routes across the Mediterranean, and the policies that govern Europe’s borders.
Life as a Freelancer in Gaza
Behind every completed task is a story of a struggle, persistence, and pain, writes Mariam Mushtaha for We Are Not Numbers.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #12 (January 2026)
This month’s round-up highlights ongoing threats to Indigenous lives and sovereignty from Ghana and Colombia to the Philippines and Greenland.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #11 (December 2025)
News on climate resistance, land restoration efforts, digital activism, and more.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #8 (September 2025)
News of Indigenous resistance, leadership, education, and reflection on the impact of AI.
The Invisible Refugees
Climate migration is at Europe's doorstep, and the continent is far from ready.
As Gaza Flotilla Launches in Spain, People Power Confronts State Complicity
“They are united in their crimes, and we are united in our solidarity”
Israel’s Killing of Journalists in Gaza Echoes US Invasion of Baghdad
From Jose Couso to Mariam Abu Daqqa
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #7 (August 2025)
News from Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, and Argentina
Between Borders: The Pervasive Issue of Statelessness
A special archive from Global Voices
Cycling Against Borders: Seb’s Journey
Seb’s journey is no ordinary bike ride. So far, he has cycled over 4,346 kilometers, leaving their home in Amsterdam with a mission: to fight against borders. Their journey will stretch across continents, immersing them in regions shaped by complex histories of migration and conflict. As Seb pedals through 20 borders, he seeks to understand the legacies of Western involvement in these areas and how they keep displacing people from their homes. It’s a journey about awareness, liability, and learning.
Hungary’s Asylum Policy: A Regional Dilemma With Global Implications
On June 13, 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fined Hungary 200 million euros and imposed a daily penalty of one million Euros for failing to follow the EU’s asylum laws and for illegally deporting migrants. The ECJ stated that Hungary had committed an "unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law" by restricting refugees’ right to seek asylum.
What Does It Mean to Survive?
Time is human, time is ever-changing, never the same, time is unexpected, time is ruthless, and time is everything.
Everything can go so right in a matter of seconds, and in a matter of seconds, all hell can break loose.
I remember the exact time when everything went so wrong and so right.