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Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, a moderate by his country's standards, has promised to open up dialogue with Western powers — but he doesn't want radical changes to his country's Shiite theocracy. To prove this point, the heart surgeon and long-time legislator went to the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, to celebrate his victory in the country's recent election. Majid Golpour, an expert in international politics and professor at the Free University of Brussels, says the decision to pay his respects to the Ayatollah was a clear...
Euronews (English)
By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — Allegations of illegal activity and land-grabbing against Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil company continue to mount as a new report reveals the firm’s violations appear to be more extensive than initially documented. The report alleges that subsidiaries of PT Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) are cultivating oil palms illegally inside forest areas; intimidating and criminalizing local community members; and operating without the required permits. The report by Friends of the Earth U.S. and its Indonesian and Dutch counterparts, Walhi and Milieudefensie, respectively,...
Mongabay
Newlyweds at the Pride to Be event on June 25, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. This report by Hillary Leung was originally published at Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on July 6, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement. The banquet hall in Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel has seen countless wedding celebrations, but never quite like this: there was not one newlywed couple, there were 10; and the officiant appeared not standing before them, but on a screen via Zoom, her time zone in the US state of Utah putting her 14 hours behind the city. Standing beneath a flower...
Global Voices
Barbed wire fence. Photo by Ed Hinchliffe on Unsplash Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced on the evening of June 22 that the authorities are currently considering closing two operating border crossings on the border with Belarus, writes independent Belarus media outlet Belsat. “Given Belarus's actions, we are considering closing all border crossings,” said Sikorski as reported by Business Insider. According to Sikorski, the government is currently determining “whether this is harmful to the economy.” “The Finns closed the border crossings with Russia, and the problems ended,” a...
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A poster during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, on June 13, 2024, reads in English: ‘Forced pregnancy is torture! Neither arrested, nor dead.’ Photo by Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil, used under license Thousands of Brazilian women took to the streets in different cities this mid-June to protest a proposed bill that could make access to safe and legal abortion even harder, criminalizing rape victims and taking back rights that are already guaranteed to them on the current legislation. The bill 1904/24 was proposed by an evangelical congressman, Sóstenes Cavalcante, of the same Liberal Party (PL) ...
Global Voices
Before I first visited Copenhagen’s Mjølnerparken neighbourhood a decade ago, I had heard all the rumours: dangerous and overcrowded with unemployed foreigners refusing to integrate. Instead, I found tree-lined courtyards and children laughing in playgrounds while people from all walks of life from across the world shared coffee and conversations and looked out for each other. Soon after, I found a home there. Then, the government labelled our home a ghetto, prompting years of anguish. Next week, we hope that the EU’s top court can help end this discriminatory policy forever. This is why we de...
Euronews (English)
Screenshot of a YouTube video about Yan Dvorkin (on the image) from the YouTube Channel MRR. Fair Use. Newsmaker reported that the founder and head of the Russian Center T (which helps transgender and non-binary people) Yan Dvorkin attended the Pride march in Chișinău on June 16, 2024. Global Voices translated the article, edited it for clarity and published it with permission from Newsmaker. In 2023, the Russian Ministry of Justice included Center T in the registry of “foreign agents.” That same year, the Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow fined Yan Dvorkin RUB 100,000 [1200 USD] for allege...
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Portraits of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean president Kim Jong Il side by side during Putin's recent visit to Pyongyang. Screenshot ofYouTube video of the NewsEnd Channel. Fair use. Relations between Russia and North Korea have grown closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writesthe BBC. Last week, Vladimir Putin made his first official visit to the country since 2000. State media footage showed tens of thousands of people lining the cleared streets of the capital as the leaders’ motorcade passed through. According to the state news agency, the two leaders discussed enhan...
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Israel has accepted in principle to attend a key council on its bilateral relations with the European Union, but has dismissed top diplomat Josep Borrell’s suggestion the meeting should be convened specifically to address the situation in Gaza, an Israeli official told Euronews. However, the official reply letter by Israel to the EU seen by Euronews, does not refer to any specific agenda discussions nor a period or a date of when the association could take place. Borrell announced in late May he would convene Israel “as soon as possible” to discuss “the situation in Gaza” and the “respect of h...
Euronews (English)
The Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei in Tanintharyi Region’s Long Lone Township organized a protest against the Myanmar junta by celebrating the 79th birthday of detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo from the X post of The Irrawaddy, a content partner of Global Voices. “Flower Strikes,” community protests, and solidarity actions were held on June 19 across Myanmar to push for the release of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and over 20,000 political prisoners. Suu Kyi celebrated her 79th birthday under the custody of the military junta which grabbed power in Febru...
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