Georgia Popplewell
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Managing Director of @globalvoices, Caribbean citizen from Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago
Joined February 2007
Over at @globalvoices we're spilling the tea big-time
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In honor of International Tea Day, Global Voices is exploring the history, politics, and variety of tea consumption around the world
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British-Egyptian activist @alaa has been on hunger strike for 200+ days, surviving on ~100 calories/day. He’s now on a zero calorie strike, and as #COP27 starts this Sunday in Egypt, he will will stop drinking water. @RishiSunak, @JamesCleverly, intervene NOW to #SaveAlaa
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Set a reminder for our Twitter Space discussing the #SriLankaCrisis Join us this Thursday August 4 at 6:30 pm Colombo time (1 pm UTC) to hear more about the Aragalaya movement in #SriLanka and what the future holds for it. https://t.co/fdhbXl0T1b
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Having a discussion today with @nasredinhoja @globalvoices about #ukraine. Mostly we’ve been listening and focusing on the perspectives of other countries, but today some reflection
My name is Filip Noubel, I usually tweet @nasredinhoja but today, as Managing Editor of @globalvoices, am sharing thoughts on #Russia’s war in #ukraine as a person who grew up in the #sovietunion in #tashkent and #odesa. Will tweet for 1h with colleagues @ivonotes & @georgiap
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So excited about the relaunch of the @globalvoices podcast!
In this relaunch of the Global Voices Podcast, our newsroom editors talk about how Russia's invasion of Ukraine might affect, and might not affect Latin America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub Saharan Africa. @ameyann
#GVPodcast
https://t.co/VlbrnTHHdt
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I just subscribed to @novelniche's new Substack newsletter! https://t.co/iuCSz4o4Zh
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TODAY: A loving, determined network of activists and friends are demanding that Egyptian authorities #FreeAlaa, a person who has inspired and supported open tech and #digitalrights movements for about as long as they've existed. I've written about it here:
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His lawyer spoke of Abd El Fattah's declining mental health and quoted Abd El Fattah saying, “I can’t carry on.”
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LIVE on August 25 (in Spanish): How COVID-19 fueled the protests in Cuba, Guatemala and Colombia https://t.co/VguGd4y4w7 via @georgiap
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From Cuba to Colombia to Guatemala—countries with very different political contexts—people have taken to streets in recent times to demand change. What do these countries have in common?
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Live updates on the developing #Haiti earthquake story from @HaitianTimes_
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The quake occurred at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning and several aftershocks have followed. Cities in the southern region — including Les Cayes, Jeremie, Saint Louis du Sud, Aquin, Petit Trou de...
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Belarusian sprinter sent home from #Olympics by Belarusian officials says she will ask for asylum https://t.co/ecZU0C0Yo6 via @tanyalokot #TokyoOlympics2021
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24-year-old Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was not worried about being kicked off the national team, but was afraid she would be imprisoned once she arrived in Belarus.
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Yes, join us! Register at https://t.co/5tCh2ahLWW. It's going to be great.
Join us! LIVE on July 13 (Mexico) / July 14 (Australia): “Indigenous+Digital: How young people are revitalizing their native languages on the internet” https://t.co/e0tCbi5jre a webinar with @FirstLangAU with the support of @AusEmbMex (registration info in the blog post).
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Eavesdrop on this rich convo between @tanya and @ivonotes on @globalvoices' replay (available in both video and audio)
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Missed the livestream of the June 17 Global Voices Insights webinar featuring media scholar Tanya Lokot on her new book "Beyond the Protest Square"? Here are the video and audio replays.
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"...on the same day, the U.S. Embassy posted its contentious tweet, the Chinese ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago announced the expected arrival of 200,000 more vaccines procured from China." https://t.co/77qo7Jyurk
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The US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago's decision to tweet about its donation of 80 vials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to Trinidad and Tobago has received severe online backlash.
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Watch a fun discussion on why #EUROVISION is all about music but also diversity and politics! https://t.co/RedmMOrPCx
@tanyalokot @razvigor @globalvoices @georgiap
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Join @globalvoices on Thursday, May 20 for our webinar "What #Eurovision tells us about Europe"!
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St Vincent and the Grenadines PM Ralph Gonsalves tells regional colleagues as much as 40% of the country's #agriculture has been "decimated" by the eruption of #LaSoufriere
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Happening LIVE at @globalvoices: Breaking the taboo on abortion: Perspectives from Uganda, Thailand, Brazil, Pakistan & Poland https://t.co/g4dOhAK4Ci via @FacebookWatch
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The Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) has launched a COVID Hub series of country reports on transparent and accountable expenditure of externally financed pandemic support measures in 14 Caribbean states. https://t.co/GhzFektaUA
mediainstituteofthecaribbean.com
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