Global Current affairs Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/global-current-affairs/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:15:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Record number of female journalists arrested since Iran protests began https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/record-number-of-female-journalists-arrested-since-iran-protests-began/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/record-number-of-female-journalists-arrested-since-iran-protests-began/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:52:28 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=37789 At least seventeen female journalists have been arrested in Iran since anti-government protests started in September of last year. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/record-number-of-female-journalists-arrested-since-iran-protests-began/feed/ 0 UN urges Elon Musk to prioritise human rights during twitter job cuts https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/un-urges-elon-musk-to-prioritise-human-rights-during-twitter-job-cuts/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/un-urges-elon-musk-to-prioritise-human-rights-during-twitter-job-cuts/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 21:35:37 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=33958 Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has sent shock waves across the world as staff, users and commentators have reacted to his plans for the company.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/un-urges-elon-musk-to-prioritise-human-rights-during-twitter-job-cuts/feed/ 0 Breaking down the Electoral Count Reform Act currently before the Senate https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/breaking-down-the-electoral-count-reform-act-currently-before-the-senate/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/breaking-down-the-electoral-count-reform-act-currently-before-the-senate/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:09:18 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=32027 Since July of this year, two bills have been presented before the Senate calling for the reform of the 1887 Electoral Count Act. Headed by a bipartisan group of senators, the Electoral Count Reform Act seeks to rectify the ambiguity of the existing law which has proven easy to exploit.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/breaking-down-the-electoral-count-reform-act-currently-before-the-senate/feed/ 0 Iranians protest in response to the death of Mahsa Amini https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/iranians-protest-in-response-to-the-death-of-mahsa-amini/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/iranians-protest-in-response-to-the-death-of-mahsa-amini/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:03:41 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=31655 The women-led protests flared after Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police for reportedly failing to wear a hijab.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/iranians-protest-in-response-to-the-death-of-mahsa-amini/feed/ 0 Arrested for Anti-War Statements: The Cost of Dissent in Russia https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/arrested-for-anti-war-statements-the-cost-of-dissent-in-russia/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/arrested-for-anti-war-statements-the-cost-of-dissent-in-russia/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2022 01:53:28 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=29005 Recent months have seen councillors, opposition politicians, anti-war activists and TV journalists arrested for denouncing Russia's actions in Ukraine. Alexei Gorinov is the first of those arrested for anti-war statements to receive a full jail term.

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