9 November 2007
Stories from 9 November 2007
Russia: Aleksei Pichugin's Trial Blogger Nominated for the BOBs
For the second year in a row, LJ user sivilia-1 (Russian journalist Vera Vasilieva) is taking part in Deutsche Welle's Best of the Blogs Awards (the BOBs). Her blog is devoted to coverage of the case of Aleksei Pichugin, former security chief of former oil giant Yukos, sentenced to life in prison for involvement in at least three murders; his arrest in 2003 marked the beginning of the Kremlin's attack against Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In the post translated below, sivilia-1 explains to her critics the choice of her blogging subject matter.
Jordan Remembers Amman Bombings
It's been two years since over 60 people were killed in the Amman bombings in Jordan. Two years ago, Global Voices kept the world up to date in the minutes and hours following the bombings, even when media giants like CNN couldn't. Yesterday, Jordanian bloggers remembered, finding it difficult at times to find the right words.
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Egypt: Nothing Moves People As Much As Religion
The late Naguib Mahfouz once said: "If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion." It continues to move the social and political mechanics of the people, the future of Egyptian politics and the consciousness of our nation's bloggers alike. These are the current issues of Egypt illustrated through their words.
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Uzbekistan: A Great Loss for the Nation
A great loss for the whole nation: such was the reaction of Central Asian - especially Uzbek - blogosphere to the assassination of Alisher Saipov, a prominent journalist from Osh,...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...