Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2010

January, 2010

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Stories from January, 2010

24 January 2010

Saudi Arabia: AIDS treatment takes step backward

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia has announced its plans to shut down a volunteer clinic in Jeddah’s King Saud Hospital that is known for providing medical services, counseling and privacy to AIDS victims. Bloggers lash out against the move saying it is a step backward.

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Egypt: Engulfed by Floods!

Written by Nermeen Edrees · Middle East & North Africa

Over the past few days, several Egyptian governorates and cities have been engulfed by a severe wave of flash floods and heavy rains. Bloggers react to the calamity.

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Tunisia: And They Censored Arabicca!

Written by Lina Ben Mhenni · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisian blogger Fatma Arabicca, who was arrested two months ago, decided to resume blogging last week. With only one post on her new blog, authorities swooped in to block it. Tunisian bloggers react to the ban and to the censorship of other blogs as well.

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Israel: Activists and bloggers protest against deterioration of human rights

Written by Carmel L. Vaisman · Middle East & North Africa

As activists are rounded up and arrested on the ground, Israeli bloggers and Twitter users turn to the Internet to fully employ alternative media platforms to influence public opinion and public opinion and struggle for democracy, writes Carmel L. Vaisman, who also updates us about Israel's new biometric law.

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Chile: Piñera's Victory Raises Questions About Pinochet's Influence

Written by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

When Sebastián Piñera was elected Chile's next president on January 17, 2010, many bloggers commented on the relationship between the president-elect and deceased dictator Augusto Pinochet because of public support showed to Pinochet after Piñera’s victory.

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23 January 2010

Azerbaijan: Demonstrations in London and Paris for imprisoned video blogging youth activists

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Western Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

On the same day that an appeal court hearing for imprisoned blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli was adjourned, supporters of the two men protested outside the Embassies of Azerbaijan in London and Paris.

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Updates from January, 2010

27 January 2010

Haiti

how can they hear takes a trip to Leogane and posts photos of the damage, saying: “The truth is that people need to see that Leogane and the surrounding areas need help. We still have families buried underneath the rubble here”, while Ellen in Haiti crunches some numbers: “It says 3 million have been affected, but that is only directly by the devastation. 100% of the population has been affected. 100% of the population will be struggling for years to come.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Haiti

“Over and over mind-numbing injuries that are now two weeks old — yet the people are stoic, strong, long-suffering, graceful … resilient beyond comprehension”: The Livesay [Haiti] Weblog is convinced that “against the odds, the people of Haiti will endure.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Haiti

“You try to get around as much as you can, but in the end you’ll see only a tiny fraction of the whole, and perhaps understand or read accurately only a fraction of that”: Caribbean Free Radio blogs from Port-au-Prince.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bermuda

“It’s 2010 here in Bermuda. We’re facing an ongoing recession likely to last into the foreseeable future, a run away budget, job losses, glut in real estate, a downturn in construction and rising youth violence”: 21 Square asks, “How did we get here and should we have seen it coming?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

China

A young Tibetan blogger based in the US, who goes by the name of “Jhutok” (one of those untranslatable Tibetan words that describes someone who is nosy and likes to interfere, gossip and busybody all in one), has written a blogpost about written Tibetan, arguing for language reform to written Tibetan to include spaces between the words. She calls it “breathing space”. (Part I, Part II and Part III)

• Dechen Pemba

Japan

In response to the news that the Osaka Governor is talking about closing down Itami Airport, Joe Jones at the Mutant Frog Travelogue contemplates obsolete airports and suggests alternate uses.

• Tomomi Sasaki