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18 June 2013

Julian Assange, Calle 13, and Twitter Users Write a Song Together

Written by Ángel Carrión · Translated by Sally Seward · Caribbean

René Pérez, from the musical group Calle 13, and Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, gathered ideas and suggestions from Twitter users to write a song together that will go on Calle 13's next album.

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17 June 2013

Baloch Separatists Bomb Historic Residence of Pakistan's Founder

Written by Qurratulain Zaman · South Asia

A series of bombs planted by militant nationalists in southwestern Pakistan have destroyed the 19th-century residence of the country's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

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Experts and Citizens Discuss ‘Free Culture’ in Quito, Ecuador

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Sally Seward · Latin America

The Second International Congress on Free Culture was held in Quito, Ecuador, focusing on universal access to knowledge, artistic and cultural creation, the administration of culture, collective production, open access to scientific works, the use of alternative licenses, new teaching models, and the benefits for the people.

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16 June 2013

Paying Tribute to Captain Mbaye Diagne, The Senegalese Hero of Rwanda

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Jane Ellis · Sub-Saharan Africa

At the time of writing, June 2013, official commemoration of victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide is continuing around the world. But few people still remember Captain Mbaye Diagne. However, this young officer from the Senegalese army showed bravery at a time when the rest of the world was demonstrating cowardice. Enrico Muratore has been fighting for years to ensure that the name of this hero is not forgotten.

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15 June 2013

Anonymous ‘Baba Jukwa’ Facebook Dishes Dirt on Zimbabwe Politics

Written by Madalitso Mwando · Sub-Saharan Africa

New Facebook phenomenon Baba Jukwa has become a major talking point as Zimbabweans hungry for political intrigue visit “his” Facebook wall to get the latest on what is happening in President Robert Mugabe’s political party.

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14 June 2013

Pastor for South Korea's Biggest Church Charged with Financial Crimes

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

The largest Pentecostal Christian congregation in South Korea, and the world, Yoido Full Gospel church went under fire as its founder and senior pastor Cho Yong-gi await trial along with his two sons. They have been indicted on charges of breach of duty, embezzlement and tax evasion involving tremendous amount of money, a sensational event involving an iconic, mega-church in the country.

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13 June 2013

Iran's Presidential Candidates Armed With Social Media

Written by Farid · Middle East & North Africa

Iranian presidential candidates are competing with each other in use of social media like Facebook and Twitter even though these sites are filtered and generally inaccessible to internet users.

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Brazilian Court Gags Activist from Protesting Construction Project Online

Written by Elisa Thiago · Translated by Elisa Thiago · Brazil

A Brazilian court has forbidden an agricultural engineer from speaking out on the streets and on the Internet against the construction of a high-rise apartment complex. Freedom of expression advocates have warned that the decision breaks with international legal standards.

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12 June 2013

No Witnesses? No Rape, Says Pakistan's Islamic Council

Written by Tariq Malik · South Asia

A ruling by Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) dismissing DNA as primary evidence in rape cases has received much flak from activists in the country. The ruling has its fair share of supporters though, with some happy that there is a legitimate institution pondering religious issues in Pakistan.

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11 June 2013

Senegal's Democratic Tradition Takes Worrisome Turn

Written by Anna Gueye · Translated by Anna Gueye · Sub-Saharan Africa

Senegal has a solid tradition of democracy and protection of freedom of expression and human rights. But recent months have seen the West African nation's reputation as a stronghold for democracy in Africa seriously damaged with the evictions of a Chadian journalist and Gambian dissident, both opponents of the governments in their home countries.

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17 June 2013

Free Bus Fare Protest Posters in Brazil

Gráfica imprime gratuitamente cartazes com ideias de manifestantes em São Paulo. Foto por Meli-Melo Press, publicada no Facebook.

In São Paulo, publisher makes an open call and prints out posters free of chager for Bus Fare manifestants. Photo by Meli-Melo on Facebook.

The publishing and design studio Meli-Melo decided to help out in the protests against rise in bus fares in São Paulo, offering their equipment to print out posters free of charge. An open call for page lay out was launched on Friday, 14 June [pt], on Facebook, and protesters replied quickly. Few hours later, several posters were printed and it is now ready for the protest scheduled for Monday, 17 June.

João Miguel D. de A. Lima

13 June 2013

New York Times Profiles Global Voices Cuba Contributor

Elaine Díaz en el Global Voices Summit 2012, Nairobi, Kenia. Foto de @Rezwan.

Elaine Díaz at the Global Voices Summit 2012, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by @Rezwan.

According to the New York Times’ The Lede blog, Global Voices Cuba contributor Elaine Díaz “may be the most important Cuban dissident you’ve never heard of.” Elaine, currently on a visit to the US, is profiled in a June 11 post titled “Cuban Blogger Who Reveres Castro Pushes for Reform”.

Georgia Popplewell

11 June 2013

Egypt: Losing Historical Cities

Cairo..The city of a thousand pillars? Photograph from CairoObserver Facebook page. The red lines show buildings which obscure the minerates of mosques which is a signature of the Cairo horizon being lost to new development

Cairobserver calls [ar] people in Egypt through Facebook and Twitter [ar] to demonstrate in front of governorate buildings, who are responsible for managing the city, across Egypt to call for an end to destroying and deforming historical cities.
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محمد عادل

9 June 2013

‘Iran Voices’ Gives Voice to Non-Urban Areas

Iran Voices is created based on Ushahidi‘s successful project. Iran Voices aims to report about Iranian small cities and villages and send by emailing people's requests and concerns to the authorities and MPs.

Farid

8 June 2013

Female Rapper to Speak at TEDxSão Tomé

Marlene Bandeira, or as she is better known Nely Strong [pt], has been added to the TEDxSão Tomé [en] speaker line up. Rapper, she uses local slangs to portray São Tomé and Príncipe [en] society in her lyrics. Recently, Nely released the song ‘Mordomia’ – a hit in the islands – with the rapper Tigre T. The TEDxSão Tomé happens in 20 June, 2013 and is open for pre-registration [en] until this Monday.

Thiana Biondo

7 June 2013

Catalan Wikipedia Receives Official Recognition

Amical Wikimedia, the association that promotes Viquipedia, the Catalan Wikipedia, has got a chapter of its own within the international structure of the Wikimedia Foundation. This recognition comes after a five-year-long discussion to be recognized as representative of a unique language and culture, as previous criteria required chapters to represent states. Now they will have the right to share experiences with other countries and access the funds raised through readers’ donations. This announcement arrives at a time when Catalonia is involved in a debate about becoming independent from Spain.