Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 May 07

7 May 2009

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Stories from 7 May 2009

Poland: Hitler and Abortion

Written by Sylwia Presley · Eastern & Central Europe

Sylwia Presley reviews online reactions to neo-Nazi anti-abortion posters that appeared in several public places in Zielona Gora at the end of April.

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China: Isaac Mao #twinterviews Hu Yong

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Thursday afternoon in China, well-known netizen Isaac Mao began interviewing Chinese Internet researcher Hu Yong on Twitter; here is what they twalked about.

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USA: Opening Conversations on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Written by Solana Larsen · North America

Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization that provides free or inexpensive sexual health services to young men and women in the United States and abroad, has launched a YouTube campaign. The organization is encouraging people to share their thoughts and experiences around getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases, educating their kids about sex, and discussing reproductive rights issues.

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Brazil: The Character Assassination of a Presidential Candidate

Written by Thiana Biondo · Latin America

It seems that Brazilian mainstream media have set aside good journalistic standards when it comes to news stories about President Lula's preferred presidential candidate, Dilma Roussef. This has not been missed by Brazilian bloggers, who have dissected a series of false media reports, including the unabashed publication of a fake police file that has been circulating on the internet for more than a year.

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Southeast Asia: Twitter reactions on H1N1 virus

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

In the previous post, I featured the reactions of Southeast Asian bloggers on the H1N1 virus. This time, I will highlight the twitter reactions from twitterers in the region. Twitter posts are alternative sources of information and news updates about the virus scare. They also help us figure out the sentiments and knowledge of ordinary citizens about the H1N1.

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Peru: Indigenous Communities Continue Protests

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

For quite some time, the indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have been mobilized due to attempts by the current government to infringe upon the rights to their ancestral lands. These lands are thought to be good for mining and oil exploration, and some say that is where the real intentions lie. Recently these protests have restarted throughout different parts of the Amazon region.

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Updates from 7 May 2009

Poland

“Six cool inventions you didn’t know were Polish” - at Polandian: bulletproof vest, mine detector, walkie-talkie and a few more.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Notes on Moscow writes about volunteering to help the homeless.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Saudi Arabia

Saudi blogger Aysha Alkusayer describes how her hopes were dashed after being turned away from an audition, which was supposedly open to both sexes, in Riyadh. “Today I hoped and this was wrong. It is probably best to believe that discrimination against, race, gender or faith would never change,” she writes.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Algeria

Algerian linguist Lameen Souag asks: “The key issue in Algerian linguistic politics - substantially overshadowing the question of the role of Berber - is what should be the language of bureaucracy and education: Standard Arabic (the official language, and the primary pre-colonial language of literacy for all Algeria) or French (the colonial language, and hence ironically
the language which most of the few educated Algerians at independence had studied in.)”

• Amira Al Hussaini

Algeria

The Maghreb Politics Review reports: “After the recent hostage release by the southern/Saharan wing of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, there has been much political and military movement in Algeria, Mali and the surrounding countries. According to numerous press rumors, a major joint operation in the border areas is about to go into action any day now.”

• Amira Al Hussaini

Saudi Arabia

Saudi blogger Mashi Sa7 [Ar] wonders whether his lack of interest in blogging stems from the fact that his country is one of the worst 10 countries to be a blogger in, according to a recent report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

• Amira Al Hussaini

India

Srinivasan Ramani at A New Praxis in a changed world comments: “the Indian ambassador's moves to pressurize the Nepali polity to retain Katuwal was a blatant expression of interference in Nepali affairs. Any self respecting Nepali, let alone a Maoist or any other leftist politician would have bristled at this interference, which however is part of a long legacy of intrusion in Nepali affairs.”

• Rezwan

Pakistan

CHUP! - Changing Up Pakistan updates the latest state of the Pakistan’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are fleeing the fighting escalated by the military’s recent operations against the Taliban.

• Rezwan