Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2009

December, 2009

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Stories from December, 2009

22 December 2009

Russia: Livejournal Vs. Tor and New Battle for Anonymity

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Eastern & Central Europe

Livejournal.com preventing users from accessing its site via an anonymizer caused panic and anger among global online community. It also showed the importance of anonymizers and revealed vulnerability of online privacy tools.

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Poland: ‘Arbeit Macht Frei' Sign Stolen from Auschwitz

Written by Sylwia Presley · Eastern & Central Europe

Last Friday morning, the sign ‘Arbeit Macht Frei‘ ('Work Sets You Free') was stolen from the gate of former Nazi death camp in Auschwitz, near Krakow. The theft caused many speculations but also serious reactions from the Polish government, museum authorities, Jewish organisations and the public online.

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21 December 2009

Angola: Interview with Feliciano Cangüe from the Hukalilile blog

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

Professor and engineer Feliciano Cangüe is the author of the blog Hukalilile (Don't cry for me, Angola), and the first of several Angolan bloggers who feature in a series of interviews to be published on Global Voices.

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Sudan: Is Unity Still a Strategic Choice?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Sub-Saharan Africa

Writing in Arabic, Sudanese blogger Ayman Hajj discusses his country's politics and why many Sudanese people are losing faith in unity.

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Video: Impressions from the Climate Change Conference

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Oceania

We bring you some video impressions from people at the Climate Change Conference that took place during the first weeks of December in Copenhagen, Denmark. From protests, to dances, arts and presentations, a small sample of COP15.

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South Africa: Controversial Health Minister Dies and Twitter Goes Wild

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa's former Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang passed away recently. Manto was not a stranger to controversy with dodgy views on managing HIV-AIDS using beetroot, garlic, lemons and African potatoes. She never ceased to be a favourite topic in the mainstream media and indeed the blogosphere and twittersphere.

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Updates from December, 2009

29 December 2009

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian bloggers comment on the country's record murder rate - Jumbie's Watch: “The message is clear. We’re screwed.” B.C. Pires: “Not even when Mr Manning and Mr Panday achieve Trinidad's most vulgar historic event - the creation of an executive presidency by back-room trickery - will Trinidadians put their feet down and just say, ‘No!' 500 murdered but not to worry; Destra coming with a sweet tune this Canny-val.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Cuban diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense reports on “the arrests over the past several days of numerous activists attempting…to show their support for political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who has been on a hunger strike…to demand that his human rights be respected.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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