Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 May 19

19 May 2009

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Stories from 19 May 2009

Ecuador: The Legacy of Indigenous Leader Mama Tránsito

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

Many Ecuadorians are mourning the passing of one of its indigenous leaders, Rosa Elena Tránsito Amaguaña, better known as "Mama Tránsito." Her role in society as an activist and defender of indigenous rights has made her an inspiration for her perserveance and courage.

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Malawi: Twittering Malawi Elections 2009

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Seven candidates are running for president in the fourth presidential elections in Malawi, including the incumbent Bingu wa Mutharika for the Democratic Progressive Party and the main opposition figure John Tembo, standing for the opposition coalition. Voters are also choosing their members of parliament. Anyone interested in the elections can follow updates from Malawian micro-bloggers.

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Zambia: Live-Blogging a Groundbreaking HIV Discrimination Case

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Priti Patel, project lawyer (HIV/Aids) for the Southern Africa Litigation Centre is in Livingstone, Zambia to live-blog a groundbreaking HIV discrimination case in the country.

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Kuwait: Election History: Four Women Win Parliament Seats

Written by Amer Al-Hilal · Middle East & North Africa

Election fever has swept Kuwait, culminating in a historic and momentous event for the nation! Kuwait was expecting at best one or two women to make it to Parliament but we got four (Dr. Aseel Al-Awadi, Dr. Rola Dashti, Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar and Dr. Masouma Mubarak)! Amer Al-Hilal here with an extra-large 'Special Edition Election' post from Kuwait with reactions from the Kuwaiti blogosphere.

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Egypt: President's Grandson Dies

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak's eldest grandson, Mohammed, has died at a Paris hospital after a brief illness. Bloggers were quick to react to the 13-year-old's death - which was met by silence in the Egyptian official media when the story first broke.

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Ukraine: 65th Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportations

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

May 18 marked the 65th anniversary of Sürgün, the 1944 deportations of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in Crimea. J. Otto Pohl writes about the history of the deportations, while Maria Sonevytsky describes the current plight and the attitudes of the Crimean Tatars who have returned to live in Ukraine, and shares her thoughts on the changes that need to take place for the situation to improve.

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Updates from 19 May 2009

Bangladesh

Chowdhoury Mohibul Hassan Nowfel raises the question at E-Bangladesh whether the religious parties should be banned in Bangladesh.

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Bahrain

Mideast Youth has launched a widget generator to raise awareness on imprisoned bloggers, journalists and activists. “Setting up campaigns is not an easy task if you don’t have the right tools. There was one tool that we at Mideast Youth always felt was missing, and that was the ability to easily create and embed a widget to help spread the word on imprisoned bloggers, journalists or activists. So we simply felt the urge to build one! And we did,” explains Bahraini activist Esra'a.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Sri Lanka

The statement by Sri Lankan government yesterday was that LTTE leader Prabhakaran was killed, and burnt beyond recognition when he was trying to flee in an ambulance. The End, Rising from the ashes notices when the body was shown on TV: “nobody from the Government had yet clarified how the burnt body of Prabhakaran miraculously became fresh, with a single gunshot wound on his forehead.”

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Saudi Arabia

From Saudi Arabia, Nzingha shares her thoughts on why domestic violence will continue in the kingdom - where laws have remained unchanged despite the opening of shelters for women and the numerous conferences and meetings held to address this issue.

• Amira Al Hussaini