Rezwan
@rezwan.bsky.social
Editor @globalvoices.org, Communications @EngageMedia.org | Researcher, Blogger, Translator, Digital Rights advocate | South Asia, Asia-Pacific
Two brilliant creators engage in a vibrant discussion about one's journey to becoming a professional creator, including the decision to abandon a PhD in its final year.
@nadironthegobangla.bsky.social and Amelia Henderson of Studio Sembang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik7L...
@nadironthegobangla.bsky.social and Amelia Henderson of Studio Sembang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik7L...
Studio Sembang - Life On The Go ft. Nadir On The Go
YouTube video by ATHQ Media
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August 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Two brilliant creators engage in a vibrant discussion about one's journey to becoming a professional creator, including the decision to abandon a PhD in its final year.
@nadironthegobangla.bsky.social and Amelia Henderson of Studio Sembang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik7L...
@nadironthegobangla.bsky.social and Amelia Henderson of Studio Sembang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik7L...
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Global Voices' co-founder @ethanz.bsky.social wrote about GV's unique work, history and how you can support it:
"Throughout it all, Global Voices has been here, presenting a wider world for anyone who’s wanted to learn about it."
#KeepGVStrong🌱
ethanzuckerman.com/2025/07/30/k...
"Throughout it all, Global Voices has been here, presenting a wider world for anyone who’s wanted to learn about it."
#KeepGVStrong🌱
ethanzuckerman.com/2025/07/30/k...
#KeepGVStrong: Global Voices advocates for a connected world at a dark time - Ethan Zuckerman
For twenty years, Global Voices has connected writers and translators around the world. That work is harder - and more important - that ever.
ethanzuckerman.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Global Voices' co-founder @ethanz.bsky.social wrote about GV's unique work, history and how you can support it:
"Throughout it all, Global Voices has been here, presenting a wider world for anyone who’s wanted to learn about it."
#KeepGVStrong🌱
ethanzuckerman.com/2025/07/30/k...
"Throughout it all, Global Voices has been here, presenting a wider world for anyone who’s wanted to learn about it."
#KeepGVStrong🌱
ethanzuckerman.com/2025/07/30/k...
What's happening in Assam:
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How political forces are reshaping Assam through mass evictions
The ongoing eviction of Bengali-speaking Muslim families in Assam, India, widely viewed as communally motivated, has led to widespread human rights violations.
globalvoices.org
July 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
What's happening in Assam:
globalvoices.org/2025/07/30/h...
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Support @globalvoices.org as we publish more articles like this one.
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What 17 Years volunteering with Global Voices taught me
And how a global community of storytellers and dot-connectors showed me that independent media works best when we’ve got each other’s backs. When Global Voices Director Malka Older wrote to our commun...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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For 20 years, Global Voices has amplified stories from communities the world too often ignores.
🗣️This work is powered by volunteers, readers, and you.
Support people-powered journalism.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong🌱
🗣️This work is powered by volunteers, readers, and you.
Support people-powered journalism.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong🌱
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
For 20 years, Global Voices has amplified stories from communities the world too often ignores.
🗣️This work is powered by volunteers, readers, and you.
Support people-powered journalism.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong🌱
🗣️This work is powered by volunteers, readers, and you.
Support people-powered journalism.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong🌱
Protect the freedom to speak… and translate.
Your support helps local voices cross borders. @globalvoices.org
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Your support helps local voices cross borders. @globalvoices.org
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
July 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Protect the freedom to speak… and translate.
Your support helps local voices cross borders. @globalvoices.org
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Your support helps local voices cross borders. @globalvoices.org
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Real stories. Real people. Global Voices.
Protect independent media around the world.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Protect independent media around the world.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Donate · Global Voices
Support freedom of expression for everyone, everywhere, by donating to Global Voices.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Real stories. Real people. Global Voices.
Protect independent media around the world.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Protect independent media around the world.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Watching the #IGF2025 live from Norway 🇳🇴 — super impressed by their streaming platform! The 3D avatars and interactive features make it feel like you’re really there. 🌍
Check it out: igf2025.lumiere.no/rooms/plenary
#IGF #LiveStreaming #TechInnovation #VirtualEvent
Check it out: igf2025.lumiere.no/rooms/plenary
#IGF #LiveStreaming #TechInnovation #VirtualEvent
June 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Watching the #IGF2025 live from Norway 🇳🇴 — super impressed by their streaming platform! The 3D avatars and interactive features make it feel like you’re really there. 🌍
Check it out: igf2025.lumiere.no/rooms/plenary
#IGF #LiveStreaming #TechInnovation #VirtualEvent
Check it out: igf2025.lumiere.no/rooms/plenary
#IGF #LiveStreaming #TechInnovation #VirtualEvent
A gaping hole:
The ongoing war between Israel & Iran has caused major disruptions to flight operations across the MiddleEast & beyond.
Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, have implemented partial or full airspace closures. More than 500 flights were cancelled or delayed in a single day.
The ongoing war between Israel & Iran has caused major disruptions to flight operations across the MiddleEast & beyond.
Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, have implemented partial or full airspace closures. More than 500 flights were cancelled or delayed in a single day.
June 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A gaping hole:
The ongoing war between Israel & Iran has caused major disruptions to flight operations across the MiddleEast & beyond.
Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, have implemented partial or full airspace closures. More than 500 flights were cancelled or delayed in a single day.
The ongoing war between Israel & Iran has caused major disruptions to flight operations across the MiddleEast & beyond.
Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, have implemented partial or full airspace closures. More than 500 flights were cancelled or delayed in a single day.
Join the preview screening of Cinemata Currents - a hybrid Film Festival of shared viewing and civic imagination
From June 5–8, you can join the main screenings with live talkback sessions, featuring conversations with the filmmakers behind the films.
fest.cinemata.org/currents2025/
From June 5–8, you can join the main screenings with live talkback sessions, featuring conversations with the filmmakers behind the films.
fest.cinemata.org/currents2025/
June 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join the preview screening of Cinemata Currents - a hybrid Film Festival of shared viewing and civic imagination
From June 5–8, you can join the main screenings with live talkback sessions, featuring conversations with the filmmakers behind the films.
fest.cinemata.org/currents2025/
From June 5–8, you can join the main screenings with live talkback sessions, featuring conversations with the filmmakers behind the films.
fest.cinemata.org/currents2025/
"With all the pain and sadness of what I left behind, I now stand with love and hope for what lies ahead - and we deserve to reclaim from our oppressors the opportunity they stole from us: the opportunity to live." globalvoices.org/2025/05/27/t...
The nostalgia of migration amid a life stolen in pieces
"I miss visiting my grandmother and seeing her sewing clothes, I miss buying freshly made tortillas, and I even miss hating on my neighbor for blasting Mass at 4 AM."
globalvoices.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"With all the pain and sadness of what I left behind, I now stand with love and hope for what lies ahead - and we deserve to reclaim from our oppressors the opportunity they stole from us: the opportunity to live." globalvoices.org/2025/05/27/t...
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Public communications are vital for emergency response: for the responders, and for affected people trying to get in contact with loved ones and coordinated support. @globalvoices.org joins other concerned organizations in demanding restoration of internet access in Myanmar #KeepItOn
Myanmar Internet Project joined 80+ MM and Int organizations to condemn the military for ongoing #internet_shutdowns during the country's worst #earthquake disaster. We demand immediate restoration of access. #myanmarearthquake #KeepItOn #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
March 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Public communications are vital for emergency response: for the responders, and for affected people trying to get in contact with loved ones and coordinated support. @globalvoices.org joins other concerned organizations in demanding restoration of internet access in Myanmar #KeepItOn
In an investigation, Dismislab found 10 articles on International Policy Digest (IPD) website critical of #Bangladesh’s post-uprising government have been written by authors who appear to have no verifiable identities or contacts, often using stolen profile images.
en.dismislab.com/how-ipd-lets...
en.dismislab.com/how-ipd-lets...
How IPD lets ghost authors publish almost anything on Bangladesh— even propaganda, without checks
In a month-long investigation, Dismislab found 10 articles on US-based International Policy Digest (IPD) website critical of Bangladesh’s post-uprising government have been written by authors who appe...
en.dismislab.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In an investigation, Dismislab found 10 articles on International Policy Digest (IPD) website critical of #Bangladesh’s post-uprising government have been written by authors who appear to have no verifiable identities or contacts, often using stolen profile images.
en.dismislab.com/how-ipd-lets...
en.dismislab.com/how-ipd-lets...
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with some great insight from @lokman.org
What Happens When Democracy Falters? Lessons from Global Majority | TechPolicy.Press
A confluence of troubling trends is reshaping the landscape of global human rights and democratic governance in the Global Majority, writes Ramsha Jahangir.
www.techpolicy.press
March 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
with some great insight from @lokman.org
LEARNING SESSION ALERT: Join this interactive session on March 14 to learn more about the DRAPAC VPN project and how to use Outline VPN as a tool for circumventing internet censorship and online surveillance.
Sign up now: engagemedia.org/2025/human-r...
Sign up now: engagemedia.org/2025/human-r...
March 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
LEARNING SESSION ALERT: Join this interactive session on March 14 to learn more about the DRAPAC VPN project and how to use Outline VPN as a tool for circumventing internet censorship and online surveillance.
Sign up now: engagemedia.org/2025/human-r...
Sign up now: engagemedia.org/2025/human-r...
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Kickstarting our special event on how climate news shapes public news ft @ivancouronne.bsky.social @waqasejaz.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social & our Acting Director @mitalilive.bsky.social
Watch below
We'll be sharing insights from our speakers in this thread
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
Watch below
We'll be sharing insights from our speakers in this thread
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
Three years, eight countries: How climate news shapes public views
YouTube video by Reuters Institute
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February 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Kickstarting our special event on how climate news shapes public news ft @ivancouronne.bsky.social @waqasejaz.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social & our Acting Director @mitalilive.bsky.social
Watch below
We'll be sharing insights from our speakers in this thread
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
Watch below
We'll be sharing insights from our speakers in this thread
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
The longest and the weirdest January this year - another plane crash in Philadelphia.
A Learjet 55 of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance doing a medevac fell out of sky 3 kms after taking off. 6 souls on board died, injuring 6 on the ground.
#philadelphiacrash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ph...
A Learjet 55 of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance doing a medevac fell out of sky 3 kms after taking off. 6 souls on board died, injuring 6 on the ground.
#philadelphiacrash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ph...
2025 Philadelphia Learjet crash - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The longest and the weirdest January this year - another plane crash in Philadelphia.
A Learjet 55 of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance doing a medevac fell out of sky 3 kms after taking off. 6 souls on board died, injuring 6 on the ground.
#philadelphiacrash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ph...
A Learjet 55 of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance doing a medevac fell out of sky 3 kms after taking off. 6 souls on board died, injuring 6 on the ground.
#philadelphiacrash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ph...
Bangladesh dropped five places in the China Index 2024 ranking:
china-index.io/country/Bang...
The China Index 2024 is now live!
china-index.io/country/Bang...
The China Index 2024 is now live!
Bangladesh - China Index
Doublethink Lab and the China In The World network present the China Index, the first cross-regional project to objectively measure and visualize the People‘s Republic of China (PRC)‘s overseas influe...
china-index.io
January 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Bangladesh dropped five places in the China Index 2024 ranking:
china-index.io/country/Bang...
The China Index 2024 is now live!
china-index.io/country/Bang...
The China Index 2024 is now live!
Here is a summary of the @globalvoices.org coverage for South Asia in 2024, highlighting the different measures several governments took to expand their control over online spaces amid elections and political unrest.
globalvoices.org/2025/01/02/a...
globalvoices.org/2025/01/02/a...
A year of elections and digital repression in South Asia: 2024 in focus
This summary of Global Voices' 2024 South Asia coverage highlights how governments introduced measures to tighten control over online spaces amid elections and political unrest.
globalvoices.org
January 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here is a summary of the @globalvoices.org coverage for South Asia in 2024, highlighting the different measures several governments took to expand their control over online spaces amid elections and political unrest.
globalvoices.org/2025/01/02/a...
globalvoices.org/2025/01/02/a...
Peru Tsunami: High waves devastated beaches like Máncora, Lobitos, El Ñuro, and Cabo Blanco, peaking in intensity on Saturday, December 28.
This was a true tsunami that struck, likely due to the generation of an unusually large turbidity current or submarine landslide.
youtu.be/TkD-Trt6cTc?...
This was a true tsunami that struck, likely due to the generation of an unusually large turbidity current or submarine landslide.
youtu.be/TkD-Trt6cTc?...
Damaging Tsunami Strikes Peru; Likely Underwater Landslide Origin
YouTube video by GeologyHub
youtu.be
December 30, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Peru Tsunami: High waves devastated beaches like Máncora, Lobitos, El Ñuro, and Cabo Blanco, peaking in intensity on Saturday, December 28.
This was a true tsunami that struck, likely due to the generation of an unusually large turbidity current or submarine landslide.
youtu.be/TkD-Trt6cTc?...
This was a true tsunami that struck, likely due to the generation of an unusually large turbidity current or submarine landslide.
youtu.be/TkD-Trt6cTc?...
A Western tech giant cast aside local, original journalism on a story rooted in #Bangladesh in favour of an avalanche of divisive coverage from neighbouring India.
- via Tech Global Institute, Netra News
netra.news/2024/google-...
- via Tech Global Institute, Netra News
netra.news/2024/google-...
How Google erases Bangladeshi journalism for Indian media
A Western tech giant cast aside local, original journalism on a story rooted in Bangladesh in favour of an avalanche of divisive coverage from neighbouring India.
netra.news
December 30, 2024 at 5:28 AM
A Western tech giant cast aside local, original journalism on a story rooted in #Bangladesh in favour of an avalanche of divisive coverage from neighbouring India.
- via Tech Global Institute, Netra News
netra.news/2024/google-...
- via Tech Global Institute, Netra News
netra.news/2024/google-...
"More than 1,400 people were killed, including 44 police officers, and thousands of others were injured during violence around the protests. Protesters blamed the police, as well as security agencies and associates of the former ruling party, for the killings."
www.benarnews.org/english/news...
www.benarnews.org/english/news...
www.benarnews.org
December 14, 2024 at 10:53 AM
"More than 1,400 people were killed, including 44 police officers, and thousands of others were injured during violence around the protests. Protesters blamed the police, as well as security agencies and associates of the former ruling party, for the killings."
www.benarnews.org/english/news...
www.benarnews.org/english/news...
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border:
It is unclear how the AA will treat the Rohingya population, still thought to number around 600,000 in Rakhine, even after the expulsion of 700,000 to Bangladesh in 2017.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is unclear how the AA will treat the Rohingya population, still thought to number around 600,000 in Rakhine, even after the expulsion of 700,000 to Bangladesh in 2017.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border:
It is unclear how the AA will treat the Rohingya population, still thought to number around 600,000 in Rakhine, even after the expulsion of 700,000 to Bangladesh in 2017.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is unclear how the AA will treat the Rohingya population, still thought to number around 600,000 in Rakhine, even after the expulsion of 700,000 to Bangladesh in 2017.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Migration in Europe: an interactive guide in 9 languages produced by 6 European press agencies including @afpfr.bsky.social
This map shows the main migration routes to the EU, based on reported incidents of migrant deaths and disappearances, from 2014 to 2024.
t.co/gSPZwOb9rb
This map shows the main migration routes to the EU, based on reported incidents of migrant deaths and disappearances, from 2014 to 2024.
t.co/gSPZwOb9rb
December 12, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Migration in Europe: an interactive guide in 9 languages produced by 6 European press agencies including @afpfr.bsky.social
This map shows the main migration routes to the EU, based on reported incidents of migrant deaths and disappearances, from 2014 to 2024.
t.co/gSPZwOb9rb
This map shows the main migration routes to the EU, based on reported incidents of migrant deaths and disappearances, from 2014 to 2024.
t.co/gSPZwOb9rb
"Bangladesh: The need for a comprehensive and rights-respecting approach to digital regulation is clear, as current policies often prioritize security at the expense of individual freedoms, innovation and democratic principles."
- Tech Global Institute
techglobalinstitute.com/research/a-n...
- Tech Global Institute
techglobalinstitute.com/research/a-n...
A New Digital Frontier: Blueprint for Reforms towards Rights-Respecting ICT Laws in Bangladesh | Tech Global Institute
The rapid digitization in Bangladesh has not only accelerated economic growth and expanded connectivity but has also profoundly transformed social dynamics.
techglobalinstitute.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:38 PM
"Bangladesh: The need for a comprehensive and rights-respecting approach to digital regulation is clear, as current policies often prioritize security at the expense of individual freedoms, innovation and democratic principles."
- Tech Global Institute
techglobalinstitute.com/research/a-n...
- Tech Global Institute
techglobalinstitute.com/research/a-n...