Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 January 10

10 January 2009

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Stories from 10 January 2009

Egypt: Civil disobedience and protests over Gaza

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on December 27, and Egyptian street has been boiling with angry calls to open up the Gaza border and demanding the government to put more pressure to reach an immediate ceasefire. Lasto Adri brings us the latest on the protests from the Egyptian blogosphere.

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China: Antismut campaign sweeps internet. But any untold purpose?

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

An internet cleansing movement, or antismut campaign launched by the Chinese authority, is sweeping across the internet in recent days, targeting vulgar and obscene content. However, people doubt, it might foreshadow a larger campaign against all the critiques not in the government's favor.

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Palestine: “I do not want my kids to see me torn into pieces”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

How does it feel to be unable to protect your children? In this roundup of blogs from Gaza we hear from a mother who is wracked with guilt at seeing her children's terror: "Was I mistaken to have kids in the first place? Do I not have the right to be a mother?"

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Malaysia: Campaign to boycott US goods

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia, North America

As a form of protest against Washington’s support for Israel, some Malaysians are boycotting U.S. products. Opinion in the Malaysian blogosphere is divided over the campaign.

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Mapping the blogosphere in Brunei

Written by Senor Pablo · East Asia

More than half of Brunei's population are internet users. More and more young Bruneians are setting up their own blogs. Aside from establishing a community of bloggers, a web portal provides a comprehensive list of Brunei blogs.

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Palestine: “How many deaths in Gaza is enough?”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

As the Israeli attacks on Gaza continue, in this roundup of Gaza's blogs we hear about food shortages, the frustration of being stuck at home, the humour of medical workers - and a question from a young boy: "Mama – why don't the Israeli soldiers think before they shoot people?"

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Updates from 10 January 2009

Zimbabwe

Pamela Stitch interviews urban groove artist Sanii Makhilama at African Loft. She defines urban groove as “a blend of Pop, RnB, Hip Hop and Soul, infused with the notes from local indigenous musical instruments”.

• Elia Varela Serra

Cote d'Ivoire

Yoro has been writing about former rebel combattants in Côte d'Ivoire at Chronique Ivoirienne [Fr], with photos of Camille Millerand. In one article, he describes the life of 10 female former combattants who fought during the 5 years of wars in Côte d'Ivoire since 2003, and who are now demobilised and reintegrated into civilian life. In another article, he features Celestin, a former rebel combattant that refuses to demobilise because he is hoping to join the new national army of Côte d'Ivoire. In the meantime, he sells petrol on the side of the road.

• Elia Varela Serra

Romania

Gabriela Ionita of Power&Politics Weblog discusses Russian PM's Putin comment on redirecting its gas trade through Romania in the future by way of the projected SouthStream gas pipeline.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Cameroon

The Bright Fuh Supporters blog reports that Bright Fuh, a four year old Cameroonian boy suffering from a rare orbital tumor passed away on January 8th. George Esunge Fominyen reposted in his blog a comment left at the Friends of Bright Fuh online forum pointing at the defficiencies of Cameroonian health system, that allows people with curable diseases to die. Dulce Camer, on the other hand, wrote: “Despite the tragedy of his death, Bright Fuh has ignited new hope future of health care in Cameroon”.

• Elia Varela Serra

Israel

Uramium Blog links to an article by an American-Jewish journalist on her take on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

• Yazan Badran

Georgia

Dateline Tbilisi reports that the outgoing Bush administration in Washington has signed a strategic partnership charter with Georgia which supports its territorial integrity and aspirations towards NATO membership. Although non-binding, the blog notes that the charter reportedly marks a shift towards direct military assistance for the South Caucasus republic and that the Georgian foreign minister, Grigol Vashadze, believes such military cooperation will begin in the “very near future.” Vashadze is also quoted as saying that the document was signed with the agreement of officials from the incoming administration of president-elect Barack Obama. Georgia on my mind! posts the full text of the document.

• Onnik Krikorian

China

Asia Society's China green project has a series of video on the Tibetan Plateau meltdown situation.

• Oiwan Lam

Taiwan: When News is Sold to the Chinese Government

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