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Editor @globalvoices.org, Communications @EngageMedia.org | Researcher, Blogger, Translator, Digital Rights advocate | South Asia, Asia-Pacific
Protect the freedom to speak… and translate.

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July 11, 2025 at 8:31 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
June 24, 2025 at 9:12 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.
June 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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/
June 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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...
March 4, 2025 at 6:04 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
December 12, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: How the Wikimedia Movement is powering language reclamation— and how you can too

Moderator: Umasoye Igwe

Panelists: Zita Zage, Sadik Shahadu, Satdeep Gill, Tochi Precious

#GVSummit2024
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December 7, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: Looming large: China's effects on the world

Moderator: Mary Kay Magistad

Panelists: Lais Martins, Amish Raj Mulmi, Désiré Nimubona, Filip Noubel of @globalvoices.bsky.social

gv2024.sched.com/event/1pkyh/...

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December 7, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: The power of narratives: How data governance is framed and discussed

Moderator: Giovana Fleck

Panelists: Samanta Azpurua, Sencer Odabaşı, Santosh Sigdel

@globalvoices.bsky.social

#GVsummit2024
December 7, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: So you want to make multilingual media: Lessons from the field

Panelists: Sonam Lama, Dev Kumar Sunuwar, Sasil Sanchez, Filip Noubel

@globalvoices.bsky.social

#GVSummit2024
December 7, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: The internet isn't multilingual enough: A spotlight on Indigenous language digital activism

gv2024.sched.com/event/1qsH9/th…

Moderator: Eddie Avila

Panelists: Amrit Sufi, Sanjib Chaudhary, Janak Bhatta, Bikram Rana et al#GVSummit202424
December 7, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024 - Day 2

Current Panel: Can we save the internet?

Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon

Panelists: Juke Carolina Bransiecq, Brian Hioe, Asteris Masouras

@globalvoices.bsky.social

#GVSummit2024
December 7, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: Whose culture? Approaches to protecting digital sovereignty of traditional knowledge

Moderator: Satdeep Gill

Panelists: Maari Maitreyi, Zubair Torwali, Amrit Sufi and Dristi Manandhar

#GVsummit2024

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December 6, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: The resistance will be translated: Translation as a tool of activism

Moderator: Oleksandr Shyn

Panelists: Bardhyl Jashari of Metamorphosis Foundation, Isela Xospa, Naro Alonzo @ KERI, & Oiwan Lam of @globalvoices.bsky.social

#gvsummit2024
December 6, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel:

Do-it-yourself internet: last-mile connectivity in Nepal and beyond

Moderator: Osama Manzar

Panelists: Sadik Shahadu, Melina Shyaula, Bikram Shrestha, Fabiola Maurice

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December 6, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current panel: When the long arm of authoritarianism reaches through your screen

Moderator: Arzu Geybulla, South Caucasus & Turkey Editor, @globalvoices.bsky.social

Panelists: Shataakshi Verma, Filip Stojanovski, Lokman Tsui

#GVSummit2024
December 6, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Global Voices Kathmandu Summit 2024

Current Panel: Where have all the bloggers gone?

Moderator: Ethan Zuckerman, cofounder of @globalvoices.bsky.social

Panelists: Dinesh Wagle, Aparna Ray, Mong Palatino, and Georgia Popplewell

#GVSummit2024
December 6, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Current panel at the Global Voices Kathmandu Summit #GVSummit2024

Digital Conversations in Nepal: Past, Present, Future

Moderator: @UjjwalAcharya

Panelists: @kundadixit of @NepaliTimes, Sabita Acharya and Sudip Bhai Subedi
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Current panel at the Global Voices Kathmandu Summit #GVSummit2024

Digital Conversations in Nepal: Past, Present, Future

Moderator: @UjjwalAcharya

Panelists: @kundadixit of @NepaliTimes, Sabita Acharya and Sudip Bhai Subedi
December 6, 2024 at 4:04 AM
How do we make sense of social media regulation in Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh?

Join the discussion on Nov 26 with Archit Lohani, Tavishi Ahluwalia, Helani Galpaya, and Mr. Md. Saimum Reza Talukder about the key regulatory trends in these countries.

engagemedia.org/events/drapa...
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 AM
The Bangladeshi youth activists emphasized the importance of “leaderless” movements, a key feature of the recent Gen-Z Revolution in Bangladesh. The 2024 student movement was independently organized, sharing only common goals and demands.

engagemedia.org/2024/reflect...
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM