Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 July 08

8 July 2009

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Stories from 8 July 2009

Azerbaijan: Youth activists and bloggers beaten and detained

Written by Ali S. Novruzov · Central Asia & Caucasus

Emin Milli, one of the founders of AN Network, a grassroots youth movement and Adnan Hadji-zadeh, a videoblogger from OL! Youth Movement have been severely beaten by unidentified persons while dining with a group of other civil society and youth activists in a restaurant in downtown Baku.

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Mexico: Voters Share Their Null Ballots on Twitter

Written by Issa Villarreal · Latin America

Mexicans tweeted their discontent with the political system of the country by sharing photographs of their paper ballots nullified in creative ways during the July 5 mid-term elections.

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Blogger of the Week: Gabriela García-Calderón

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

Gabriela García Calderón may be the star translator of Global Voices in Spanish. She translates on a daily basis for our publications, and as if that weren't enough, she still has time for writing in her personal blog, Seis de enero (January 6th). Juan Arellano met with Gabriela for an interview - here are the results.

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China and North Korea: Kim is like Chairman Mao?

Written by Winglok Hung · East Asia

On 4 July, the United States’ National Day, North Korea has launched seven missiles tests again and some of them were medium-range rockets that pose threat to Japan and South...

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Updates from 8 July 2009