Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 September 30

30 September 2009

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Stories from 30 September 2009

Serbia: The Death of a French Football Fan

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

Brice Taton, a 28-year-old French citizen and a fan of the Toulouse football team, was brutally beaten by fans of the Partizan football team in downtown Belgrade on Sept. 17, before the Partizan vs Toulouse game. He died in a Belgrade hospital on Sept. 29.

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Indonesia: Strong earthquake hit West Sumatra

Written by Carolina Rumuat · East Asia

The coastal city of Padang, West Sumatra is once again devastated by an earthquake.

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Nepal: Towards A More Humane Dashain Festival

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · South Asia

Nepal's biggest religious festival Dashain is celebrated all around the world by the Nepalese diaspora. This year's Dashain in Nepal was a bit controversial, with animal rights activists calling for an end to the tradition of animal sacrifice during the festival.

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Japan: Anime Character ‘Masuo-san' on Twitter

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

Sazae-san, a comedy chronicling the lives of the fictional Isono family, is one of Japan's longest-running and oldest comic strips and animations. The animated series first aired in 1969 and...

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Denmark: International bloggers meet up to think about climate change

Written by Deborah Goldemberg · Denmark

Copenhagen hosted the launch event of the European Blogging Competition TH!NK ABOUT IT - Climate Change, bringing together 92 European bloggers, and special guests from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and the USA.

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USA: Immigrant Students in National Day of Action

Written by Hoa Quach · North America

The National Dream Act Day of Action was initiated by the United We DREAM Coalition and was supported by dozens of organizations across university campuses in the USA last week.

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China: When will the sunshine come?

Written by Andy Yee · China

Chinese officials will soon be required to report all their assets as part of an anti-corruption "Sunshine Act" of the Communist Party. But resistance so far has been significant, leading to much online public debate among Chinese citizens.

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Updates from 30 September 2009

Jamaica

“On October 15, 2009, I plan to blog about climate change and Jamaica”: Diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp promotes the upcoming Blog Action Day.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

“It’s like a jamette woman in a rumshop shouting she does go to chuch!”: B.C. Pires blogs about issues of governance in the Trinidad & Tobago government.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bermuda

Catch a fire welcomes Bermuda's newest political party and “the contribution that they may be able to offer to our political discourse.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

As the government signs a UN agreement aimed at protecting children from being recruited by armed forces, Letter From Jamaica wonders: “But what about children at home? Children don't just hide guns for gunmen, increasingly they are the gunmen.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Pakistan

The US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson’s recent statement on Quetta shura raised a controversy in Pakistan. Teeth Maestro poses the question in reaction: “Who’s actually running Pakistan? The Americans or Pakistanis?”

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

“What is keeping Bangladeshi women from emancipation when their country is ruled by one of their own? How is their situation now? What are their most urgent needs; which rights are they fighting for? And how does society perceive them?” these are some of the queries of a project of Pulitzer Center titled “Bangladesh: The (Un) Power of Women.” Read student fellow Stine Eckert's dispatches from Bangladesh to learn more.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Hina Safdar at Chowrangi informs that a banned drug called Metamizole is readily available at pharmacies in Pakistan.

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

GroundViews posts two short testimonies on the plight of IDPs released from Menik Camp. The testimonies highlight “significant challenges facing reconciliation and resettlement in post-war Sri Lanka and the urgent need for psycho-social counseling”.

• Rezwan