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November 8th, 2009

Saudi Arabia: A Blogger's Praise Of Britain

Maram Meccawy is a Saudi writer and blogger, currently living and working in the UK. She recently wrote a post called "Why am I ready to defend Britain?"

November 6th, 2009

Russia: Major Search Engine Closes Its Blog Rating

Yandex.ru, Russian most popular search engine, announced on November 3 that it would close its blog ranking service Yandex Blogs Top (YBT) [RUS] by the end of the month.

Azerbaijan: Activist blogger trial resumes, delays persist (updated)Video post

Although not an official birthday, Global Voices Online made its first ever post on threats made against an Iranian dissident blogger five years ago today. The anniversary is also notable for another event — the continuing trial of detained video blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli.

November 5th, 2009

Iran: Green Movement defies regime againVideo post

Iran's Green Movement opposition organized mass street protests on the 4th of November that were were met with a violent crackdown by security forces. As has come to be expected, Iranian citizen media didn't miss a beat, recording "history" on their mobile phones.