Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2009

September, 2009

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Stories from September, 2009

17 September 2009

Video: Call for submissions in Democracy Now Challenge

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, East Asia

As the winners of the 2009 Democracy Now Challenge enjoy their reward in the USA, the submission period for the 2010 edition of the contest is opened to allow people from all over the world to complete the phrase "Democracy is..." in a video.

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Aceh, Indonesia: Adulterers will be stoned to death

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Bad news for adulterers and homosexuals in Aceh, Indonesia: The Regional House of Representatives has passed a law that imposes a punishment of stoning to death against married adulterers and 100 lashes with a cane and a fine of 100 grams of pure gold against homosexuals.

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16 September 2009

Egypt: Bloggers call for a fun-filled harassment-free Eid

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

As Eid Al Fitr approaches, women in Egypt are bracing themselves for even more sexual harassment than what has already become a disturbing norm. Bloggers and online activists are also joining forces to fight the phenomenon, calling for a fun-filled and harassment-free celebration.

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Morocco: Activists Break Fast in Public, Receive Punishment

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating or drinking from dawn to sunset. A group of Moroccan activists was reprimanded for breaking the fast in public, an action that is punishable under the Moroccan criminal code. A divided blogoma reacts to the incident.

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Qatar: Country's woes not expat labor's fault

Written by Shabina Khatri · Middle East & North Africa

Comments ranged from scornful to incredulous upon the release of a government study blaming underskilled expat laborers for Qatar's falling productivity rate. Shabina Khatri taps into the discussion and brings us the latest buzz.

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Brazil: Bloggers on why there is still racism in the country

Written by Diego Casaes · Latin America

Following the discussions on racism brought up a few weeks ago with the story of a black man accused of stealing his own luxury car, Diego Casaes highlights other cases and bloggers' takes on racial discrimination.

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Updates from September, 2009

25 September 2009

Trinidad & Tobago

The Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival blog offers notes from a panel discussion of “the future of co-productions in the Caribbean”, with contributions from filmmakers and other creative professionals.

• Nicholas Laughlin

Kuwait

Mark blogs at TwoFortyEightAm about the dilemma facing non-smokers in Kuwait.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Palestine

Palestinian Mohammed Obaidat [Ar] asks his countrymen if they are real Palestinians.

• Amira Al Hussaini

China

In the coming year, CCTV will cut one third of its program in order to be more competitive. One of the program to be cut is “Tell it like it is”, a talk show that encourages audience to participate. Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated a blogger, Hecaitou's post, explaining why the program has to go.

• Oiwan Lam

India

Reacting on the news that India’s mission to the moon has found water on it, A Minority Of One comments on what to expect next: “Other things that will eventually be found on the moon, in due time – one Nair tea stall, one neatly folded lungi, one old copy of Malayala Manorama, and one Indian restaurant owned by a Bangladeshi.”

• Rezwan

China

Beijing-based Twitter user Maggie Rauch had her camera ready when her local Xinjiang food restaurant exploded on Friday morning. “Could feel the explosion from my apartment,” she writes on her Twitpic of the blast. “Some of the guys who work there standing outside.” One week remains until the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

• John Kennedy

24 September 2009

Morocco

Jamal Elabiad, author of the blog A Moroccan Voice in English, discusses the limits of teaching the Tamazight language in Morocco.

• Jillian C. York

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