Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 August 03

3 August 2009

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Stories from 3 August 2009

Venezuela: The Proposed Media Crimes Law

Written by Luis Carlos Diaz · Latin America

The Venezuelan Attorney General presented a bill that would "regulate" freedom of expression and prosecute individuals in the media who are causing a panic or disturbing the peace.

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Pakistan: Justice Served?

Written by Faisal Kapadia · South Asia

On the 31st of July, Friday, a Pakistan court ruled that the previous president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf's actions on 3rd of November, 2007, i.e. declaring an emergency and sending the entire supreme court first home and then under house arrest, are unconstitutional and illegal.

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Caucasus: An interview with Bart Woord

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) Secretary General Bart Woord took time out to speak to Global Voices Online about the role new media can play in the region and the case of Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, two video bloggers recently detained in Baku on what many consider to be politically motivated charges.

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Hong Kong: A 10-dollar coin to pledge against political harassment

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

During the protests over the demolition of Queen's Pier in 2007, two of the preservation activists Ho Loy and Chu Hoi-dick filed a judicial review (30-7-2007) against the secretary for...

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Kyrgyzstan: Presidential Elections Are Over

Written by Joshua Foust · Central Asia & Caucasus

Tolkun Umaraliev says the opposition candidates claim the election in Kyrgyzstan to be illegal. There is a confusion among media, both local and foreign, that candidates Nazaraliev and Atambaev have...

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Philippines: People mourn death of Corazon Aquino

Written by Tonyo Cruz · East Asia

The Philippines is in a state of national mourning after Corazon Aquino, who became a global democracy icon after leading the fight to topple the Marcos dictatorship, died last weekend from cardiorespiratory arrest. Aquino was the first woman president of the Philippines and the first female head of state in Asia.

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Peru: Cold Temperatures Continue in Puno

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

In Peru, the freezing temperatures in the southern region of Puno have been causing more deaths. There is frustration because donations are not reaching their intended recipients.

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Updates from 3 August 2009

Zambia

Nii posts a video of Zambikes in Zambias. The mission of Zambikes is: To provide high quality bicycles and educational training to underprivileged and service based Zambians.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Bhutan

The Bhutanese Parliament voted to uphold the ban on sale of meat during auspicious months after a few months of lifting the previous ban. Tongyal opines that: “the public cannot gain much from this decision. Those who want to eat will find a way to get hold of it, no matter on what days or months.”

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Pakfactor informs about: “a GO GREEN campaign on twitter urging Pakistanis to turn their Display pictures green by using Flag in them. [..] It has also been suggested to use hash tag #Pakistan in every tweet by Pakistanis to make it to top of trending topics by 14th of August (independence day).”

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Communal violence in Gojra, Paksitan took the life of eight Christians including four women and one child. Hamid Abbasi at Chowrangi calls it a shame and wonders how a *simple misunderstanding* could bring the whole city on the verge of a civil war.

• Rezwan

Iran

Lettersoftheliv tweeted that Vanak Square in Tehran is full of anti riot police. Dominiquerde also tweeted that the police attacked protesters in Sai Parc in Tehran where people chanted slogans against Ahmadinejad's government. Iran's Supreme Leader endorsed the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the second term.

• Fred Petrossian

Iran

Here is a site where the photos and names of the protest movement's victims got published. In last 3 months, Iranian security forces arrested hundreds of people who protested against 12th of June presidential election and killed at least 20 protesters.

• Fred Petrossian

Bahamas

Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas and Puerto Rico's Gil the Jenius both take a look at the challenges facing education in their respective countries.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

“Are our leaders more focused on pappyshowing for an international audience than doing the right thing by us here at home?”: Trinidad and Tobago's gspottt contends that “on the question of sexual orientation and human rights, that certainly seems to be the case.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

India

Prerna at I love life… so I explore writes about the tradition of being selective when renting houses in India and opines that the use of minority card against it when convenient “is not going to benefit the cause of the people who are being discriminated”.

• Rezwan