Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2009

December, 2009

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Stories from December, 2009

16 December 2009

Singapore: ‘No To Rape’ campaign

In Singapore, raping your wife is not treated as rape in most cases. Organizers of the "No To Rape" campaign want to abolish marital rape immunity by launching a petition drive that will be delivered to policymakers. Many Singapore netizens are supportive of this campaign

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Russia: Two Stories of Space Blogging

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Blogging from and about space gains popularity and recognition among professional space travelers and regular bloggers. Russia is no exception. While the latest fashion for NASA astronauts is space twittering...

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15 December 2009

Poland: Blogs Demand Payment for Content

Written by Jakub Górnicki · Eastern & Central Europe

Readers of leading Polish blogs might have been surprised to see a new welcome screen on one of their favourite websites recently: it announced that, beginning Dec. 14, 2009, access to this blog was no longer free of charge. Jakub Gornicki writes about the case.

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Egypt: Synagogue Gone … Synagone

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers and online activists in Egypt are calling for saving an old synagogue, currently used as an office for the National Democratic Party - the country's ruling party. Marwa Rakha sums up reactions in this post.

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Egypt: And this one goes to Djamila Bouhired

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Algeria's 75-year-old activist and revolutionist Djamila Bouhired is ill and is beseeching her country and countrymen to finance her medical treatment. The news has infuriated many Egyptian bloggers who see her as an Arab icon and a hero.

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Russia: Google Bus Stop Ads Hacked

Written by Vadim Isakov · Eastern & Central Europe

While Russia and the U.S. were holding meetings on cyber warfare, Russian activists took the process of hacking from virtual space to real bus stops in Moscow where they slightly altered original Google ads.

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Updates from December, 2009

27 December 2009

Vietnam

Viet Tan publishes an article which provides a background to the problems encountered by Facebook users in Vietnam.

• Mong Palatino

Vietnam

YuMe, a Vietnam-based social networking site with more than 2 million members, is Facebook's main competitor in Vietnam.

• Mong Palatino

26 December 2009

Iran

Here is a video showing protesters in Manzarieh and Nyavaran in Tehran chanting slogans against Islamic Regime on Saturday.

• Fred Petrossian

India

Gaurav Mishra at Gauravonomics lists five reasons why Facebook is good for your soul.

• Rezwan

25 December 2009

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