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Yemen: Anger at Expansion of US Drone War

Ukraine: Netizens Discuss Dnipropetrovsk Bombings

There has been a great deal of speculation about the four bombings that rocked the city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on Friday. The timing of the blasts is key to most of the popular theories emerging online, as Ukraine is undergoing a very eventful period right now.

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Bahrain: Where is Abdulhadi Alkhawaja?

For some days there has been no news of imprisoned Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who has been on hunger strike since February 8. It is feared that Alkhawaja is either being force-fed or is in a critical state.

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Turkey: Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Istanbul 24 April 2012
Ecuador: Refugee Women and Girls Turning to Sex Work 24 April 2012
Mexico: Netizens Speak Out Against Geo-Location Law 23 April 2012
Bahrain: Tear Gas, Violence Surround F1 Grand Prix Race 22 April 2012
Egypt: Should the Grand Mufti Have Gone to Jerusalem? 21 April 2012

Latest stories about War & Conflict

21 May 2012

Yemen: Millions Go Hungry in Ongoing Food Crisis

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

In Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, millions of people are facing a severe humanitarian crisis, widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition. New figures from the World Food Programme indicate that 45 percent of the population do not have enough to eat.

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Turkey: Poetic Commemoration of Uludere Airstrike Victims

Written by Stratos Moraitis · Middle East & North Africa

In December 2011 in southeastern Turkey several Turkish Airforce F-16s bombed a convoy of Turkish Kurds on mules who were engaged in border trade, apparently mistaking them for Kurdish rebels. Thirty-four were killed. Poet Bejan Matur has paid tribute to the victims in words and photos.

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16 May 2012

Colombia: Bomb Blast Targeted at Controversial Former Minister

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Latin America

A bomb blast targeting former interior Minister Fernando Londoño Hoyos, a conservative lawyer and politician, left several dead and others injured. This attempt prompted thousands of reactions on social networks.

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14 May 2012

Mexicans Condemn Massacre in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon

Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Elizabeth · Latin America

Netizens shared their reactions after the dismal finding of 49 mutilated corpses in Cadereyta, Nuevo León, near the border with the United States.

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Yemen: The #NoDrones Campaign

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

Yemenis have launched a campaign on Twitter to express their condemnation of the United States' drone war in Yemen. They are tweeting under the hashtag #NoDrones, and have asked non-Yemenis to speak out and join them in their campaign.

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10 May 2012

China, Philippines: Scarborough Shoal Sovereignty Tension Rises

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Tension between China and the Philippines over the disputed waters of the Scarborough Shoal or Huangyan Island has been elevated, with the state-controlled Chinese media reporting that China can no longer tolerate the presence of Philippines naval ships in the South China Sea.

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8 May 2012

Guatemala: State of Siege Due to Hydroelectric Plant Conflict

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

The Guatemalan government has declared a state of siege in Santa Cruz Barillas, following demonstrations and clashes sparked by the death of a community leader who opposed the construction of a hydroelectric plant. Citizens from this community have been using blogs and social networks to report on the current conflict.

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India, Pakistan Missile Launches: Game Changers or Mere Posturing?

Written by Aparna Ray · East Asia, South Asia

Back-to-back missile tests by India and Pakistan in April have received widespread coverage and comment, both in the mainstream media as well as on social media. Aparna Ray reports.

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7 May 2012

Global Voices Partners with International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

Written by Solana Larsen · Western Europe

Global Voices and the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) in Switzerland have launched a partnership to seek out citizen voices on international relations and security issues worldwide.

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4 May 2012

Mexico: Netizens and Journalists React to the Murder of Regina Martínez

Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Georgi McCarthy · Latin America

The murder of journalist Regina Martinez is considered by experts as an attack on freedom of expression and the right to information. Colleagues and citizens expressed their outrage and their demands to the authorities through blogs and social networks.

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Updates about War & Conflict

21 May 2012

19 May 2012

North Korea

North Korea denied that it jammed Global Positioning System (GPS) signals in the border area between North and South Korea which has caused inconvenience to commercial aviation flights. North Korea Tech blog wrote an analysis on the jamming which South Korean media have reported as coming from North Korea.

• Lee Yoo Eun

14 May 2012

Armenia

During the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Azeris and Armenians were displaced. With hundreds of settlements also razed, and thousands of monuments destroyed, Conflict Voices looks at the issue of cemeteries, some of which were destroyed, but also preserved during the war as well as in the 18 years since the 1994 ceasefire.

• Onnik Krikorian

11 May 2012

Mali

Marcus Boni Teiga explains why he thinks we should not hold our collective breath for a resolution in the Malian crisis [fr]. While rumors of Captain Sanogo vying to be promoted General circulated in Bamako, reports indicate that the military coup leaders aim to seize back control of the country after the term of the caretaker president comes to an end.

• Lova Rakotomalala

9 May 2012

Mali

Aissata Ahmadou wrote [fr] on Maliweb.net: “The students remaining at Gao will not lose their school year. The Ansar Dine Islamists, in collaboration with a few important figures and teachers on site, have decided to organize the end-of-year exams and allow various students preparing for their Fundamental Studies Diploma and those preparing for the Baccalaureat to avoid losing a whole year.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

8 May 2012

Syria

Lebanese blog Beirut Walls has written about [ar] the accusations made against the Syrian revolution in a new light. “Maybe hard water, which is very common in Lebanon, is calcifying the mind. There is no other obvious explanation for the recent trend of inhuman or illogical accusations against the Syrian revolution. Let's try to find a reason that justifies this judgmental and offensive way of thinking.”

• رامي الهامس

4 May 2012

North Korea

North Korea Tech blog wrote about North Korean state media's claim that its satellite launch was part of a “peaceful, civilian space program” and they will launch even more into space.

• Lee Yoo Eun

3 May 2012

Guatemala

The blog Asamblea Departamental por la Defensa del Territorio- Huehuetenango [es] published an urgent statement about the death of Santa Cruz Barillas community leader Andrés Francisco Miguel and attacks on other community leaders who oppose the construction of a hydroelectric dam. Today, May 3, the BBC reports: “The Guatemalan government has declared a state of siege in the town of Santa Cruz Barillas following clashes over the death of a community leader.”

• Silvia Viñas

2 May 2012

Honduras

Adrienne Pine explains that, “since the bold repossession of lands by thousands of campesinos around Honduras on the International Day of Peasant Struggle, there have been increasingly worrisome retaliations, so frequent that I can't keep track of them.” She reports on some of these cases and on other types of violence in Honduras, including attacks on journalists. Adrienne also links to several articles on these issues.

• Silvia Viñas

Liberia

Robtel Pailey reflects on Charles Taylor's verdict: “What Charles Taylor’s verdict signifies for me is the need to reconfigure Africa’s domestic systems of justice, so that we don’t have to rely on the West to judge when, where, and under what circumstances we can punish for transgressions that we deem unacceptable….International justice is clearly blind to the atrocities committed by Western agents as well as non-Western countries that wield international clout or power.”

• Ndesanjo Macha