Global Voices

Global Voices is an international community of writers, bloggers and digital activists that aim to translate and report on what is being said in citizen media worldwide. A non-profit, it is incorporated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Turkey

Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?

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By Sevgi Yagmur Bulut | – The ruling party is no longer in charge of the largest municipality In the end it was easy. Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition candidate in Istanbul’s municipal election, swept to victory on June 23 with 54% of the votes, after a rerun ordered by the country’s main electoral authority. The […]

Green Energy

Emirates aiming for 30% Renewables by 2030; Good for an Oil State, but not Nearly Enough for Paris

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Dubai will build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project on a single site in the world

Sudan

How Women are leading the Sudanese Revolution

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In 2017, 24 women were arrested for wearing trousers

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Young Woman Faces Death Penalty for Peaceful Protest

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Al-Ghomgham was arrested in 2015 over her role in anti-government protests in Al-Qatif back in 2011

Yemen

Yemen: Saudi-led War, Climate Change Creating Disastrous Water Shortage

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By Romy Haber | – ( Global Voices Online) – Yemen, the stage of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, is facing a severe water crisis: 16 million people lack access to clean water in the country, according to UNICEF. “What is worse than not having the most basic human right, water?” […]