Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 November 21

21 November 2008

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Stories from 21 November 2008

Religious unity: The Charter for Compassion

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · South Asia, Western Europe

As children we may all have heard the Golden Rule expressed in many different ways, but the basic idea is: Treat others as you would like to be treated. This is Karen Armstrong's TED wish, to create The Charter for Compassion, a platform in which the different Abrahamic faiths could focus on what was common to all, the moral backbone of all their faiths towards a greater unity and better communication among people of different faiths.

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Japan: Revision of the Nationality Law

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

On the 4th of June, on the occasion of cases filed in 2003 [en] and in 2005 whose protagonists were 10 children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and...

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Macau: Say No to Article 23 and White Terror

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Macau SAR government issued a draft bill enacting Article 23 of the Macau Basic Law in October. The Law is very sensitive and it would affect every citizen's freedom and...

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Bolivia: Recent Lynchings Cause Concerns

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

A string of lynchings around Bolivia has caused concern around the country. The latest case in Achacachi involved 11 accused thieves, who were set ablaze by town residents. Defenders of the indigenous tradition of "community justice" argue that what took place in Achacachi was very different and it should not involve taking another's life, although others see any acts of taking justice into one's own hands can lead to these types of tragedies.

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Updates from 21 November 2008

Bangladesh

In a blog post of The Dhaka Project, an organization supporting children from the slums of Dhaka, you can read about the experience of some of their kids visiting Germany.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Chowrangi protests the ineffective condemnation by the Pakistan government against the US drone and missile attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The blog suggests that there is more behind this habitual condemnation as these attacks are on the rise.

• Rezwan

India

Hartal, a blog against the culture of frequent strikes in India shows that even the shifting of a bus terminal to a new wider location in a municipality in Kerala can be a reason to stall an entire district with a day long strike.

• Rezwan

Iran

Nazy Kaviani writes in Iranian.com about Shirin Golestaneh's paintings. You can discover her paintings here.

• Fred Petrossian

Cuba

“With the love nest located in the parents’ house and with a salary that’s not enough to buy any durable or transferable goods, the signed paper and legal stamp that attest to the marriage are of little importance”: Generation Y says that Cubans are experiencing “a loss of the sense of the sanctity of marriage.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Anguilla

“Child abuse and neglect is no less a serious and widespread problem in Anguilla than it is in the Cayman Islands”: Corruption-free Anguilla praises the efforts of a Caymanian woman who is asking that the government implement the recommendations of a report linked to the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• Janine Mendes-Franco