March, 2009
Stories from March, 2009
21 March 2009
India: Gujarat Diamond Workers Suicide in the Face of Crisis
On the following videos we can see and hear about the situation the Gujarat diamond polishers in India are facing. As the world recession and economic crisis affects their industry, thousands are laid off. Unable to feed their families, pay bills or send their children to school, they have to adjust to living hand to mouth, many are turning to suicide as their last resort.
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Serbia: Russell Gordon's Detention Case
American photojournalist and correspondent Russell Gordon will sue Republic of Serbia for human rights violations that happened while he was in Belgrade Central Prison. Gordon spent 48 hours in detention where he was physically and psychologically harassed. Goran Necin published part of letter sent by Russell Gordon to his colleagues.
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20 March 2009
Iran: When the Internet is Viewed through a Filter
When it comes to filtering the internet, Iranian authorities target many political and social blogs and websites, depriving many from receiving information and expressing their ideas. However, the government does not have well-defined red lines, and it changes its filtering policies often. In this post we discuss several issues related to filtering and clarify some common misunderstandings.
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South Africa: Glad to be a Girl is Best African Weblog
The 2009 Bloggies has declared Glad to be a Girl the Best African Weblog. Glad to be a Girl is a blog by a Johannesburg-based blogger who goes by the...
I think the reason it stuck with me is that I was fired from my first real job--teaching at a...