Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 August 10

10 August 2007

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Stories from 10 August 2007

Uganda: Happy hour unrest, Blogumentary and Sam Cooke

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

Ugandan blogger/hip-hop artist Saving a Generation Endangered (S.A.G.E.) stirred up controversy this week when he lashed out at Uganda Bloggers Happy Hour (BHH) attendees in a “Blogging a Blogger” interview conducted by blogger, Country Boyi.

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Bolivia: Wishes and Relief on Independence Day

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

August 6th marked Bolivia's Independence Day and also marked a time for Bolivian bloggers to reflect on the current state of their country. Many recognize that the nation still has a long way to go, but others paint a picture of a country that they would like to see.

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Tunisia: Baklava Newspapers

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisian blogger Boudourou ridicules a paper in this Arabic post, for publishing an ad which urges readers to subscribe in return for a package of almond baklava.

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Women bloggers targets for filtering in Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Mehdi Mohseni's blog Jomhour [Fa] (means Republic in Perisan) is a definitive source of information about social and political issues in Iran. If you “chase” Iranian blogs, you shouldn't miss...

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Madagascar hosts Indian Ocean Island Games

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Indian Ocean Island Games are underway in Madagascar and people are quite thrilled about it. Harinjaka gives us a preview of the anticipation back home: “C’est parti pour le...

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Part Two: Defending online free speech and environmental rights in Bulgaria

Written by sami ben gharbia · Eastern & Central Europe

In Part One of this article, I outlined recent threats to the Bulgarian environment and the vibrant web-led protest movement that developed in response. In this article I speak to Milena Bokova, BlueLink Information Network executive director, who talks about the intimidation against her colleague, blogger Michel Bozgounov, the threats to the freedom of online expression in her country, and the Bluelink Freenet Campaign.

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Japan: 62 Years Later, Still Remembering

Written by Chris Salzberg · East Asia, North America

Sixty-two years have passed since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the close of World War Two. While people with first-hand experience of the bombing are disappearing, many people are fighting to keep their stories alive. Translations featured in this post include bloggers describing stories of the bombing, first-hand accounts of victims, a comparison of the way the history of events is taught in Japan and in the U.S., and thoughts about the relevance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the world of today.

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Uzbekistan: Rumours and deception

Written by Tolkun · Central Asia & Caucasus

Information is hard to get by in Uzbekistan. Check out the rumour mill in this week's blogosphere buzz: Will new license plates pave the way for corrupt officials to get nice kickbacks? Has a human rights activist sent a letter from prison? What is the UNDP in Uzbekistan up to?

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Updates from 10 August 2007

Russia

Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow posts his old translation of the intro to Nikolai Modestov's Criminal Moscow: A Documentary Chronicle of the Lawlessness of the '80's and '90's.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Bulgaria

A wonderful story of an attempt to experience “something cultural” in the middle of “a mostly peasant summer” in Sofia - from Petya of Bighead: “Nothing can make a falafel taste better than a little bit of violin in the background.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Slovenia

A link to the post on “Slovinglish” as well as other picks - in this week's Best of the Slobs roundup at The Glory of Carniola.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Belarus

Eternal Remont takes a guess at what might be Russia's reaction to the following incident: “…last night, three drunk Belarussian youths have done what the Germans could not 60 years ago, by extinguishing the Eternal Flame dedicated to World War II soldiers in Minsk's Victory Square.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Lituanica writes about refugees seeking shelter in the Baltic states: “Lithuania received 312, Latvia – 19 and Estonia 8 refugees this year so far.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Belarus

Adam Goodman of Being Had shares a story of a man who seems to have benefited from “a law against homelessness” that is said to exist in Belarus: “I think you can imagine how startling it is to have your friendly neighborhood bum come to you and say he now has a better apartment to live in than you do.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Itching for Eestimaa shares the techniques of “battling Russian nationalists” on the Web: “…a tutorial on how to flip their arguments on their head, and move the discussion into territory so foreign to them, they will find themselves actually agreeing with you because they have no idea what you are talking about.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Itching for Eestimaa writes about remont in Estonia: “…the point of remont is not to finish it, but to keep doing it. This is Estonia, and in Estonia, remont is one of the national pastimes, along with drinking õlut and explaining Estonian history from the 13th century to unsuspecting listeners.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Itching for Eestimaa writes about Scandinavian influence in Estonia (and the two Swedes who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002 and 2006).

• Veronica Khokhlova