Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 January 05

5 January 2009

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Stories from 5 January 2009

Palestine: “Gaza is not searching for an aspirin for its bloody wound”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Using generators for power when necessary, a number of Palestinians and foreign activists are still managing to send out reports on what is happening in the Gaza Strip. Here are some of the blog posts of the last 24 hours.

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Facebook War Continues with Group Hacks

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Global Voices has discussed the issue of censorship on Facebook and YouTube, particularly as it relates to the current Israeli attacks on Gaza. Today, however, it was discovered by a Global Voices reader that several “pro-Gaza” Facebook groups have been hacked, apparently by the Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF), the same group mentioned in our previous article. Jillian York investigates.

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Global: Protesters in Full Force Against Gaza War

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Millions of people around the world took to the streets in protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza over the previous few days. Here's a selection of videos posted on YouTube featuring demonstrations from Tel Aviv, London, Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul, where citizens from all walks of life raised their voices and chanted for peace in the region.

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Jordan: The Gaza Connection

Written by Ebtihal Mahadeen · Middle East & North Africa

As Israel continues its attack on Gaza, Jordanian bloggers move beyond condemning the violence and translate their words and feelings into action. Ebtihal Mahadeen brings us the story.

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Kazakhstan: LiveJournal Still Blocked

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

LiveJournal is still blocked in Kazakhstan – the national telecom operator started filtering it on October 7, although it never acknowledged this fact. Skullptor is sarcastic [ru]: I think it’s...

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Trinidad & Tobago: Boxer Dies in Car Crash

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago's 2009 road death toll has already started, with the loss of a young and high-profile female boxer, Giselle Salandy (also known as Jizelle Joseph). Just a few weeks shy of her twenty-second birthday, Salandy had a promising career ahead of her and bloggers Caribbean-wide are taking the time to pay her tribute...

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Updates from 5 January 2009

India

You can find a list of 64 Indian celebrity blogs in Cutting The Chai.

• Rezwan

India

I love life… so I explore discusses a shocking story -“a baby was sold by the doctors of a hospital because the parents could not clear their dues” and raises some questions regarding the health system of India.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

Shada Kalo blog debunks the defeated party's claims of poll rigging in Bangladesh explaining it with statistics.

• Rezwan

Israel

Moroccan blogger Partageons nos passions [Fr] on world reaction to the Gaza bombings: “Sarkozy confuses the victim and the perpetrator! Perez publicly denies the murder of children in Gaza and the bombing of mosques! Arabs are in a deep sleep! The United Nations…a big waste!”

• Jennifer Brea

Western Sahara

Writing on One Hump or Two?, Will Sommer updates us on recent developments in Western Sahara.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Morocco

On the war on Gaza, Moroccan Laila Lalami notes: “When I think about all those who have died (like the five daughters of the Balousha family, Tahir Balousha, 17; Ikram Balousha, 14; Samar Balousha, 12; Dina Balousha, 8; and Jawaher Balousha, 4, all of whom were killed by an Israeli bomb that fell on the mosque next door to their house) I feel that our collective humanity is diminished. This war is a crime.”

• Amira Al Hussaini

United Arab Emirates

World traveller Gary Arndt, who set off to travel around the world in March 2007, has just landed in Dubai, UAE, and registers his first impressions in this post.

• Amira Al Hussaini