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7 January 2012

MENA: 2011, a Year of Struggle and Triumphs for Bloggers

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With all of the social media successes throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, it would be all too easy to overlook the struggles faced by bloggers and netizens throughout the region. But with 126 netizens imprisoned, it would be a travesty.

2 January 2012

The World is Talking… We Translate

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Some members of the Global Voices Spanish team of translators share their ideas and thoughts about some of the posts that they worked on during 2011 that impressed and impacted the most on them.

13 December 2011

Saudi Arabia: The Witch Hunt Continues; Woman, 60, Beheaded for “Sorcery”

Saudi Arabia has executed a 60-year-old woman for practicing “witchcraft and sorcery.” The beheading of Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser in the northern province of Jawf yesterday has angered international human rights organisations and sparked the ridicule of netizens on Twitter.

5 December 2011

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Saudi Arabia: Netizens Use Online Activism to Draw Attention to Qatif Protests

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The month of November marked the return of protests to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in 2011, as the people of Qatif took to the streets to demand reforms, equality, the release of their detainees, and political freedom. So far, four protesters have been shot dead by security forces.

10 October 2011

Bangladesh: Beheading of 8 Bangladeshi Workers in Saudi Arabia Sparks Rage

Eight Bangladeshi migrant workers were beheaded in public in Saudi Arabia on 7 October for being involved in the robbing a warehouse and killing of a security guard. Netizens were enraged by this horrific punishment and questioned the transparency of the trial.

25 September 2011

Saudi Arabia: Women Allowed to Join Shura Council

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Saudi women, who cannot drive in their own country, will be granted the right to become members in their country's 150-member consultative or Shura council, an advisory body which has limited powers in government and legislation. The decision was welcomed by netizens.

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