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post-promo-credits'><span class="credit-text"><span class='text-credits-type-wrapper author-text-credits'><span class='contributor contributor-author'><span class='credit-label'>Written by</span> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/oiwan/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Oiwan Lam">Oiwan Lam</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='31 _03 2025'>4 days ago</span></div></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/31/indonesias-tempo-news-says-delivery-of-dead-animals-to-its-office-was-an-act-of-terror/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tempo-office-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/31/indonesias-tempo-news-says-delivery-of-dead-animals-to-its-office-was-an-act-of-terror/' rel='bookmark'>Indonesia’s Tempo News says delivery of dead animals to its office was an act of terror</a></h3><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='Advox' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/advox-tall-trans-240.png' loading='lazy' /><div class='postmeta post-tagline'>During the same week, police violently dispersed protests against a controversial bill</div><div class='postmeta gv-promo-meta post-promo-credits'><span class="credit-text"><span class='text-credits-type-wrapper author-text-credits'><span class='contributor contributor-author'><span class='credit-label'>Written by</span> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/mong/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Mong Palatino">Mong Palatino</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='31 _03 2025'>4 days ago</span></div></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/31/cash-cars-gold-and-livestock-how-kyrgyzstan-organized-its-largest-crowdfunding-campaign-to-help-sick-children/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-29-141041-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/31/cash-cars-gold-and-livestock-how-kyrgyzstan-organized-its-largest-crowdfunding-campaign-to-help-sick-children/' rel='bookmark'>Cash, cars, gold, and livestock: How Kyrgyzstan organized its largest crowdfunding campaign to help sick children</a></h3><div class='postmeta post-tagline'>The nation is able to rally and mobilize resources in the face of adversity</div><div class='postmeta gv-promo-meta 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News</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='29 _03 2025'>6 days ago</span></div></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/29/as-trinidad-tobagos-court-of-appeal-reverses-buggery-law-ruling-does-the-colonial-grip-persist/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GV-1-3-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/29/as-trinidad-tobagos-court-of-appeal-reverses-buggery-law-ruling-does-the-colonial-grip-persist/' rel='bookmark'>As Trinidad &#038; Tobago’s Court of Appeal reverses buggery law ruling, does the colonial grip persist?</a></h3><div class='postmeta post-tagline'>Savings law is a fairly common concept in Commonwealth legal systems, whereby restrictive colonial-era laws are carried over into post-independence legal frameworks</div><div class='postmeta gv-promo-meta post-promo-credits'><span class="credit-text"><span class='text-credits-type-wrapper author-text-credits'><span class='contributor contributor-author'><span class='credit-label'>Written by</span> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/janine-mendes-franco/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Janine Mendes-Franco">Janine Mendes-Franco</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='29 _03 2025'>7 days ago</span></div></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/28/mediahack-36-hours-against-electoral-disinformation-in-ecuador/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' 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Flores">Carlos E. Flores</a></span></span> <span class='text-credits-type-wrapper translator-text-credits'><span class='contributor contributor-translator'><span class='credit-label'>Translated by</span> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/melissa-vida/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Melissa Vida">Melissa Vida</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='28 _03 2025'>1 week ago</span></div></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/28/qa-meet-shakuntala-marndi-santali-language-activist-and-wikimedian/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shakuntala-r-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/28/qa-meet-shakuntala-marndi-santali-language-activist-and-wikimedian/' rel='bookmark'>Q&#038;A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian</a></h3><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='Rising Voices' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rv-tall-trans-240.png' loading='lazy' /><div class='postmeta post-tagline'>A mother tongue is deeply connected to one's identity, self-expression, and individuality</div><div class='postmeta gv-promo-meta post-promo-credits'><span class="credit-text"><span class='text-credits-type-wrapper author-text-credits'><span class='contributor contributor-author'><span class='credit-label'>Written by</span> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/amritsufi/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Amrit Sufi">Amrit Sufi</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='28 _03 2025'>1 week ago</span></div></div></article></div><div 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Resolver

Resolver ASN
AS3356
Resolver IP
192.221.146.131
Resolver Network Name
Level 3 Parent, LLC
Report ID
20250404T155036Z_webconnectivity_IR_58224_n1_OvCTio5OzJtZVpV8
Platform
windows
Software Name
ooniprobe-desktop-unattended (3.21.0)
Measurement Engine
ooniprobe-engine (3.21.0)

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