Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2009

September, 2009

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Stories from September, 2009

7 September 2009

Egypt: Tune in to the Naglaa El Emam Show

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

An Egyptian lawyer, with her share of controversy, is making the headlines again. This time it is because of her conversion to Christianity. Marwa Rakha has the story in this post.

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Nigeria: New Submarine Internet Cable Lands in Lagos

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Cameroon, Nigeria

The arrival of the GLO-1 submarine cable in Lagos this weekend has West African bloggers excited. GLO-1 connects Nigeria and 13 other West African countries to the global telecommunications system via Europe, bringing new bandwidth to the region.

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Africa: Preventing blackmail and extortion against gays

Written by Haute Haiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

Blackmail and extortion of gay people visiting or living in Africa has proven to be a lucrative business for scammers. Bloggers in Ghana and Kenya have taken matters into their own hands by shining a spotlight on the fakers.

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China: Yunnan Naked Girl Seeking Justice

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

Recently, “Yunnan Naked Girl” has become one of the hottest topic in the Chinese Internet world. A 21-year old girl, Peng Chunping decided to post her nude photos online in...

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6 September 2009

Macedonia, Bulgaria: Days of Mourning After the Lake Ohrid Shipwreck

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Filip Stojanovski reports on bloggers' reactions to the tragic boat accident on Lake Ohrid, which took place on Saturday, claiming the lives of 15 persons.

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Azerbaijan: Reaction to Hajizade-Milli trial

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Sixty days after video bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli were arrested, and following the start of their trial last week, friends and supporters of the detained youth activists reflect on the case online.

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Updates from September, 2009

22 September 2009

Iran

Several Iranian sites and blogs such as Parlemannews report [fa] that two important blog service providers in country are in trouble. Persian Blog is filtered and BlogFa has a lot of ‘technical' problems in last week.

• Fred Petrossian

Philippines

A blog was set-up to highlight and report the activities and findings of the International Labor Organization High-Level Mission to the Philippines. The ILO mission aims to investigate the alleged human rights violations experienced by Filipino workers under the incumbent government.

• Mong Palatino

21 September 2009

Iran

Pendar writes about International Day of Peace.Pendar adds [fa] that ‘I as a blogger think that first [Iranian] regime should reconcile with [Iran's] people and then it can join the international community.'

• Fred Petrossian

Bangladesh

Leetlegirl's Big Adventures blog posts some telling pictures of the mass exodus from the mega city Dhaka during the Eid holidays, which answer why the capital of Bangladesh is so quiet and free from traffic jams now.

• Rezwan

Republic of Congo

Elie Smith blogs about the new government in Congo-Brazzavile: “Why it has taken 63 days for Mr Denis Sassou Nguesso to form his government is a mystery, especially that, no major changes has been noticed. While there is no major change of faces, one will note that, the 37 member cabinate has 10 new entries.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Cameroon

Francis Nyamjoh writes about the Cameroonian blogger, Dibussi Tande: “Dibussi Tande established JimbiMedia in 2004 with the primary objective of using affordable blogging technology to give a solid online presence to powerful African voices – creative people, trendsetters, academics, journalists, etc.”

• Ndesanjo Macha