Global Voices · Citizen media stories from July 2009

July, 2009

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Stories from July, 2009

28 July 2009

United Nations: Video contest for 9-25 year olds about migration

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Eastern & Central Europe

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations is organizing the Plural+ video contest about building a more inclusive, tolerant society. The contest is open for any participant between the ages of 9 and 25 before September 30th.

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Written by Solana Larsen · Announcements

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27 July 2009

Fiji: Tension rises between government and Methodist Church

Written by Michael Hartsell · Oceania

The months-long standoff between Fiji’s government and the country’s largest Christian denomination became more heated last week when police arrested, held and later charged seven Methodist Church officials and a high-ranking chief for “incitement” and infringing on emergency rules regarding meetings.

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China: Missing iPhone pressured mainland worker to suicide

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

Sun Dangyang, 25, was born in a small village. He earned his college degree in Harbin University and was then employed by Foxconn, a Taiwanese company and one of Apple’s...

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26 July 2009

Uruguay: CIP, Showcasing National Films and Shorts

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

They call it an alternative to online video channels so that their videos don't have to compete for attention with short home-videos of birthdays, cats and lip synching to music. Two young Uruguayans decided to change the situation and created Cip, a website dedicated to showcasing the works of independent film-makers, so they can take their films out of their desk drawers and share them with a wider community.

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Citizens of the World rally for Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

On Saturday 25 July, 2009, Iranians and non-Iranians alike responded to the initiative United4Iran by taking part in an event to support the Iranian struggle for freedom and human rights. Coverage...

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Updates from July, 2009

30 July 2009

Trinidad & Tobago

As the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago declares that the media is against him, KnowProSE.com says: “My olive branch for the Prime Minister would be, ‘You fix the government, we'll fix the media.' But the point is that he isn't fixing the government…”, while This Beach Called Life sums it up this way: “Mostly, the Prime wants to know why the media hates animals and doesn’t want to kiss his donkey, like the rest of his cabinet affectionately and religiously does every day.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

my rustic bajan garden manages “to capture some photos of the emerald throated humming bird” and her young ones, who will soon be ready to leave the nest.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Girl With a Purpose reports on five Jamaican track and field athletes “who have been found with traces of a banned substance in their urine.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Nepal

Continuity writes about the Bandh (strike) culture in Nepal: “Bad security? Bad wages? Bad hair day? Lack of landfill sites? Microbuses getting torched? Food prices too high? All of these things are acceptable reasons for strikes here in Nepal.”

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

Indi.ca comments: “Sri Lankan IDPs are not displaced as much as detained. They’re being held until LTTE cadres are ‘weeded out’ or screened or whatever, which has a logic, but there’s no particular legal basis for it. That’s why I’m interested in the Fundamental Rights case filed by the family of an IDP.”

• Rezwan

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