Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2009

December, 2009

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Stories from December, 2009

21 December 2009

Australia pushes internet censorship; Twitter erupts

Australia's Communications Minister Stephen Conroy declared his determination last week to push through mandatory internet censorship of a government-defined blacklist of websites, sparking an online frenzy in blogs and on...

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Qatar: Critiques bristle; calls to shut down popular online forum

Written by Shabina Khatri · Middle East & North Africa

A series of scathing posts on Qatar Living, an popular online forum, prompts locals to call for site's demise. Campaign not against all expats, says founder of anti-QL Facebook group.

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Palestine/Gaza: In Preparation for the Gaza Freedom March

Written by Katharine Ganly · Middle East & North Africa

The start of Gaza Freedom March is just over a week away. It's aim is to show solidarity with Palestinians and raise awareness about the Gaza siege. Katharine Ganly looks at some of the events that have happened in preparation for the march.

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20 December 2009

Chile: Presidential Election Runoff Scheduled for January

Written by Nike Jung · Latin America

In Chile, a runoff election is scheduled for January 17, 2010 between the candidates Sebastián Piñera and Eduardo Frei and may mark the end of the 2 decade-long rule of the Concertación coalition.

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Lebanon: Fun(d)raising

Written by Layal Al Khatib · Middle East & North Africa

A group of Lebanese bloggers decided to draw smiles on the faces of underprivileged kids by getting them toys for Christmas. Fun(d)raising is the name of their project and they're doing it the fun way.

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Russia: Popular Blogger Would Be Glad If Russian Authorities Restrict Internet

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Eastern & Central Europe

Popular Russian blogger and activist Roman Dobrokhotov talks to GVO about the Internet and online activism in the country.

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Updates from December, 2009

29 December 2009

Pakistan

Karachi Metblogs posts some pictures of yesterday's bomb blast at MA Jinnah road in Karachi.

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India

Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor was caught up in another controversy as he tweeted to his approx. 542,000 Twitter followers a personal opinion on the recent change in Indian visa rules. Smoke Signals has the details.

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Japan

Blogger fenetre39 comments [ja] on the kanji, or chinese character, chosen by the Kanji Kentei Foundation as representative of 2009.
The kanji is 新　(ara or shin), meaning “new”.
In the blogger`s opinion, the reason of the choice [ja] is mainly due to the “new” government that took power in August.

• Scilla Alecci

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