Indigenous stories are global stories

“Even after the fall of empires and political decolonization, we, Indigenous peoples, continue to struggle for recognition and to protect and advance our fundamental rights in the world.”

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Courts and unions fail to protect workers in Kazakhstan

On paper, trade unions serve as the primary institution by which workers’ rights are protected. For more than three decades in Kazakhstan, however, they have been under constant pressure.

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Nepali Poet Viplob Pratik on literature, language, and a life shaped by words

Global Voices interviews leading Nepali writer Viplob Pratik about his four-decade literary career, reflections on language, culture, technology, society, and literature's enduring relevance across ge...

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How a community-led campaign is helping save Nigeria’s Kam language

The current number of Kam speakers is approximately 8,000 – 11,000. Like many other languages in northeastern Nigeria, Kam received no attention from researchers before 2016.

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The anatomy of erasure: Indigenous Assyrian women and forgotten genocide

Indigenous Assyrian women were erased three times: first as Assyrians, then through sexual violence, finally by history itself. The machinery that made them disappear is still running.

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Courts and unions fail to protect workers in Kazakhstan

On paper, trade unions serve as the primary institution by which workers’ rights are protected. For more than three decades in Kazakhstan, however, they have been under constant pressure.

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Citizenship in limbo: Why Assam’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) Pathway struggled to gain traction

While Assam’s government urged residents to utilize the Citizenship Amendment Act, widespread fears of undermining existing legal claims and forced migrant status led many families to avoid the proces...

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​A stateless traveler’s journey through ignorance and misinformation 

“As a person who was born stateless ... I have learned to fear things that come naturally to other people.”

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Citizenship in limbo: Why Assam’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) Pathway struggled to gain traction

While Assam’s government urged residents to utilize the Citizenship Amendment Act, widespread fears of undermining existing legal claims and forced migrant status led many families to avoid the proces...

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‘Mightily like insurrection’: Revisiting Trinidad’s first Emancipation Day

On Trinidad's first Emancipation Day in 1834, Africans were no longer slaves, but they were not yet free. Their quiet self-restraint may have thwarted a plot to postpone their liberation.

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How a community-led campaign is helping save Nigeria’s Kam language

The current number of Kam speakers is approximately 8,000 – 11,000. Like many other languages in northeastern Nigeria, Kam received no attention from researchers before 2016.

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Identity beyond citizenship: What remains when the State refuses to recognise you?

Documents can confirm a legal relationship with a state, but they cannot create or erase a person’s existence, history, family, or sense of belonging.

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‘Mightily like insurrection’: Revisiting Trinidad’s first Emancipation Day

On Trinidad's first Emancipation Day in 1834, Africans were no longer slaves, but they were not yet free. Their quiet self-restraint may have thwarted a plot to postpone their liberation.

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Citizenship in limbo: Why Assam’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) Pathway struggled to gain traction

While Assam’s government urged residents to utilize the Citizenship Amendment Act, widespread fears of undermining existing legal claims and forced migrant status led many families to avoid the process entirely.

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A Myanmar artist navigating statelessness and activism in France

Myanmar contemporary artist Yadanar Win, navigates statelessness along with cultural barrier, red tape, and isolation.

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In Brazil, court ruling sheds light on the story of an undocumented and stateless woman

After 40 years without documents or an official identity, a woman born in Bolivia was able to regularize her immigration status and begin the process of recognition as a stateless person.

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Venezuela is burning, and I’m forced to watch from afar

From Mexico City, an exiled Venezuelan watches her homeland collapse in real time, confronting the helplessness of displacement, authoritarian neglect, and the unbearable distance between survival and home.

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Weaponizing citizenship: Silencing dissent in Nicaragua

In this edition, we examine an authoritarian narrative making the case for denationalization in Nicaragua.

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The journey of a young Rohingya man from genocide to survival and hope

“My recognition as a stateless and forcibly displaced person has become a long-term barrier to obtaining any formal opportunities for education or work.”

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