Section: Global Voices (The Netherlands)
Russian Officials in Crimea Shut Off the Internet at the Ukrainian Border
Image edited by Kevin Rothrock. Russian officials shut off Internet access in northern Crimea, near the border town of Armyansk, where Moscow claims to have prevented an armed incursion by Ukrainian spies, according to Olga Kovitidi, Crimea’s representative in the upper house of the Russian parliament and a member of the Federation...
Today Moscow Accused Ukraine of Sending Terrorists Into Crimea. Russian Internet Users Have Been Saying It for Days.
Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Moscow on August 10, 2016. Photo: Kremlin Press Service Military confusion has returned to Crimea, where Russian federal officials are making serious allegations against the Ukrainian government, claiming that Ukrainian intelligence agents infiltrated the border in an attempt to stage a series of terrorist...
Here’s Why Google Maps Changed Some Town Names in Crimea—And Is Now Changing Them Back
As if by magic, Google Maps changed some town names in Crimea overnight. Images edited by Tetyana Lokot. On July 27 Internet giant Google renamed a number of towns, villages, and settlements in Crimea—a peninsula in Ukraine that has been under Russian control since early 2014—on their Google Maps service. The change came after the Ukrainian...
This Classic Ukrainian Cartoon Can Help Parents Talk About Human Trafficking
Screen shot from “How the Cossacks Rescued Their Fiances” (1973). ‘Traditional’ bondage in Mauritania; forced prostitution in Europe; and bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, an estimated 45.8 million were subjected to some form of slavery in 167 countries, according to the Global Slavery Index. Even though slavery continues to plague...
This Classic Ukrainian Cartoon Can Help Parents Talk About Human Trafficking
Screen shot from “How the Cossacks Rescued Their Fiances” (1973). ‘Traditional’ bondage in Mauritania; forced prostitution in Europe; and bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, an estimated 45.8 million were subjected to some form of slavery in 167 countries, according to the Global Slavery Index. Even though slavery continues to plague...
Women Struggle Against Violence in Kyrgyz Society, But How Many Men Will Help Them?
A Kyrgyz girl near the ancient heritage site Tash-Rabat. Wikipedia image. Meet Daniar Aitman, Kyrgyzstan’s unlikely — read ‘male’ — hub for stories posted under the “I am not afraid to speak” (#яНеБоюсьСказать) hashtag, an anti-gender discrimination and anti-sexual violence campaign that began in Ukraine and has filtered into other...
#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt: Ukrainian Social Media Users Break the Silence on Sexual Violence
Image from The Noun Project. Edited by Tetyana Lokot. A new hashtag is trending in the Ukrainian segment of Facebook: #ЯНеБоюсьСказати (#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt). On the hashtag, Internet users have been sharing their stories and experiences of sexual harassment, sexual violence, and domestic violence. The hashtag—and the ensuing flashmob—was...
Balkan Right-Wing Populists Gloat over #Brexit
To illustrate schadenfreude — pleasure derived from misfortune of others — Wikipedia used the painting “Taming the Donkey,” by Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (1868), in which a group of monks laughs while the lone monk struggles with the donkey. (Public Domain). While the official reactions by most Balkan governments included expressions of concern...
Immersive VR Documentary on Ukrainian Chernobyl Fully Funded on Kickstarter
Screenshot from the Chornobyl360 documentary trailer, showing drone video shot over Pripyat. Courtesy image. A virtual reality documentary about the Ukrainian Chernobyl exclusion zone using 360-degree video technology has been fully funded on Kickstarter. The documentary’s authors received support from over 300 backers to the tune of over...
The Week That Was at Global Voices Podcast: The Disappeared
The Week That Was podcast takes a look at some of the stories that we’ve published recently on Global Voices. This week, we take you to Ecuador, Uganda, Bangladesh and Ukraine. We also speak to Pakistan editor Sana Saleem about Zeenat Shahzadi, a journalist who has been missing there for nine months. Many thanks to all our authors,...
