Global Voices
Staff blogRSS feed
- Latest
- Archive
April 2014 (3)
Apr 17 2014 5:05PM
Guest post from the Deputy Chair of our Board , Hannah Perry It was only last weekend, but looking back on our 2014 Annual General Meeting, I can hardly believe it happened. I’ve come back to my desk and tried to explain to my colleagu...
Apr 12 2014 10:44AM
Early last Saturday morning (5 April 2014), the streets of Rio de Janeiro’s Maré complex of favelas (slums) woke up to a military occupation by around 2,700 federal Army troops. They took over from a military police contingent that had...
Apr 2 2014 4:21PM
The only reason I’m alive is because my attackers ran out of bullets. I remember that evening – 17 December 2013 – very clearly. The look of surprise on the gunman’s face after he hunched down on one knee, took aim at me one last time,...