Global Voices · Citizen media stories from July 2009

July, 2009

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Stories from July, 2009

17 July 2009

Indonesia: Bomb Explosions at Kuningan, Jakarta

Two explosions hit the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Mega Kuningan, Jakarta around 7:40 AM local time. Local social media users broke the story to the world, especially those among today's morning commuters.

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China: When a gang rape scandal turns into state secrets…

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Yesterday (July 16) in early morning, twitterer amoiist sent out a mobile message to twitter saying: “I have been arrested by Mawei police, SOS.” And the second message is: “Pls...

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16 July 2009

Egyptian Women and a Fresh Outlook on Divorce

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Divorce has always been a stigma in the Egyptian society. Today, the winds of change are blowing this away. In this post, Marwa Rakha follows conversations on Egyptian blogs which show what is being done to right a wrong situation.

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Brazil: Plaintiffs try to silence one of the country's leading journalists

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America

Lúcio Flávio Pinto, a prized independent Brazilian journalist has been ordered by a court to pay US$15,000 approximately in damages to a powerful regional media group in a civil libel suit: a real David and Goliath battle. The blogosphere campaigns to help Pinto cover the bill and to promote awareness of yet another case of harassment against independent journalists and bloggers.

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Iran: Protests prompt emergence of underground Internet newspapers

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

The recent emergence of internet newspapers in Iran is evidence of the will of Iranian citizens and opposition forces to continue to communicate even as the Islamic Republic intensifies censorship,...

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Iran: Armenian bloggers on plane crash

Written by Artur Papyan · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

When a regular flight en route from Tehran to Yerevan crashed after takeoff yesterday, killing all 168 on board, many in Armenia and its Diaspora were distressed, and not least since there were 40 ethnic Armenians among the dead.

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Updates from July, 2009

27 July 2009

Jamaica

“This year’s Reggae Sumfest was all about Tributes to Michael”: From Jamaica, The Phoenix in a Gas House reports.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

India

A Minority Of One comments on the controversial Tipaimukh Dam from an Indian's perspective: “I feel that the responsible course of action is to re-consider the project, or at least its scale.” The blog reminds Indians to look for options, “if not for the sake of humanity and neighbourliness, then to uphold the spirit of the constitution that enjoins upon us to maintain just and honourable relations between nations.”

• Rezwan

Bhutan

Freedom in Bhutan comments that: “there seems to be serious flaws on concept and thought about Bhutanese political leadership regarding the democracy and its values.”

• Rezwan

India

Supriyo Chaudhuri at The Sunday Posts comments on the relations between India and Pakistan: “we should indeed try to create a new Pakistan based on democracy and tolerance rather than pakistanizing the whole region based on violence and chauvinism.”

• Rezwan

Maldives

Maldives celebrates today 44 years of independence. Mohamed Nasheed opines that there is no need for dress rehearsals of the independence day celebrations, rather the people should be reminded of the Maldives story - “Who are we? How are we? Where are we? Where did we start from? Where do we want to arrive in? “.

• Rezwan