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

Ukraine

Natalia Antonova ridicules new Ukrainian legislation outlawing pornography without defining its meaning, and exempting possession for medical purposes.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Lithuania

Lapelis draws attention to [GER] a quiz on Lithuania's 1,000 year history, by the country's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and in response makes his own - more critical - quiz on the same theme.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Czech Republic

CzechFolks.com reports that Canada is considering reimposing visa requirements for Czech citizens, following a surge in the number of Czech refugee seekers to Canada over the last year.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Dominica

“President Barack Obama did prove that content of character transcends race. In Michael Jackson’s case it was star power”: Dominica Weekly thinks there are lessons to be learned from Jackson's life.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian blogger Tattoo lists his “Top Five Michael Jackson Funeral Moments”, while Coffeewallah was touched by “Paris Katherine talking about her daddy being the best in the world and the love he had for them.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Slovenia

Sleeping with Pengovsky tells about a recent incident where a cabinet meeting of the Slovenian government was broadcast by mistake, which has caused extensive debate in the country.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Barbados

“No one with the authority seems to want to make a definitive decision as to how to progress the sugar cane industry”: Barbados Underground is convinced that “the value is no longer in the sugar but now in the sugar cane” - especially bio fuels and bio plastics.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Lithuania

Lituanica recounts the ongoing debate over citizenship legislation in Lithuania, as a new bill is proposed, and how emigré Lithuanians protest against the proposal to ban dual citizenship, effectively berieving them their nationality.

• Vilhelm Konnander