Rezwan
@rezwan.bsky.social
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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#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
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/
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...
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
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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 8:51 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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
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/...
#GVSummit2024
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/...
#GVSummit2024
December 7, 2024 at 8:32 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/...
#GVSummit2024
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/...
#GVSummit2024
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
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: 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
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 - Day 2
Current Panel: Can we save the internet?
Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon
Panelists: Juke Carolina Bransiecq, Brian Hioe, Asteris Masouras
@globalvoices.bsky.social
#GVSummit2024
Current Panel: Can we save the internet?
Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon
Panelists: Juke Carolina Bransiecq, Brian Hioe, Asteris Masouras
@globalvoices.bsky.social
#GVSummit2024
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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 11:10 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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
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
@globalvoices.bsky.social
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
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: 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
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
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
@globalvoices
#gvsummit2024
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
@globalvoices
#gvsummit2024
December 6, 2024 at 9:02 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
@globalvoices
#gvsummit2024
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
@globalvoices
#gvsummit2024
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Digital Conversations in Nepal: Past, Present, Future
Moderator: @UjjwalAcharya
Panelists: @kundadixit of @NepaliTimes, Sabita Acharya and Sudip Bhai Subedi
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
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
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
Digital Conversations in Nepal: Past, Present, Future
Moderator: @UjjwalAcharya
Panelists: @kundadixit of @NepaliTimes, Sabita Acharya and Sudip Bhai Subedi
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
engagemedia.org/2024/reflect...
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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...
engagemedia.org/2024/reflect...