Global Voices · Citizen media stories from February 2009

February, 2009

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Stories from February, 2009

1 February 2009

Korea: Serial Killer and His Human Rights

A man who had an ordinary life and a good reputation in his town found to have killed 7 women over 2 years. He is a father who has two...

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China: Hard to get home in a time for family reunion

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

A journey to home preludes most people's Spring festival. It usually starts a few days before the Chinese New Year eve. And when they are to say goodbye to their...

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Russia: A Day of Rallies

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

It was sunny in Moscow on Jan. 31, with temperatures around minus 14 degree Celsius/7 degrees Fahrenheit, but despite the cold, the city saw a number of anti-government rallies - and some fighting. Below are a few accounts, some photos, videos, and links.

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Updates from February, 2009

18 February 2009

China

ESWN translated excerpt Of Fang Zhouzi's interview on Mengniu's Telunsu milk regarding the recent prohibition of chemical additives, (OMP) and IGF-1, by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).

• Oiwan Lam

Costa Rica

Epsy Campbell announced her intention to seek the nomination of her political party Partido Acción Ciudadana for the Costa Rican presidential elections and Marco Blanco of ¡Que Clío nos guarde! [es] writes that “the time has come for Epsy Campbell.“

• Eduardo Avila

Peru

Dego of Nadie Lee Lo Que Escribo [es] writes about the use of internet especially among the youth in the Peruvian capital of Lima, and about how most access the web via crowded, yet relatively inexpensive public terminals. However, he writes that the ability to blog is still out of reach for many lower-income Peruvians.

• Eduardo Avila

Argentina

The family of Daniel Jadra has a blog calling for justice [es] in his unsolved murder. Jadra was killed in a robbery attempt in Nequén.

• Eduardo Avila

Ukraine

Greetings from Kyiv posts some observations about the crisis: “I see an increase of elderly people begging and wandering the streets with bags of their belongings.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbia

Belgraded describes how the Serbian parliament has been working this past month: “It all started when the national TV said that it won’t broadcast the sessions because they had to broadcast live tennis and handball tournament instead. MPs said they won’t work unless everyone in Serbia can follow what they’re doing on TV. Fair enough, you say, that sounds pretty transparent. Wrong! The only reason MPs want the broadcasts is that they could advertise their parties for free.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Window on Eurasia writes: “Like the Russian Orthodox Church, politically active young Russians increasingly view Valentine’s Day as something alien to their country’s national traditions and refuse to have anything to do with it, yet another measure of the extent to which Russians are turning away from many things they see as connected with the West.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

China: Tibet Burns, But Where Are the Chinese Public Intellectuals?

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