Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 March 08

8 March 2010

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Stories from 8 March 2010

Russia: “Postal Cop” Gets Life Imprisonment

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Denis Yevsyukov, a 32-year-old Moscow policeman who killed two and injured seven people, was sentenced to life imprisonment on February 20, 2010. The verdict became the hot topic in the Russian blogosphere, igniting discussions about police corruption, modernization challenge and responsibility of the authorities.

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Russia: Bloggers Outraged About Pedophile Case

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

The mild sentencing of a man who raped a little girl has caused an outcry among Russian bloggers and led to additional investigation of the judicial process.

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Russia: Rally Demands Overhaul of Corrupt Police Force

Written by Andrei Skvarsky · Eastern & Central Europe

Several hundred activists, at a rally in Moscow on March 6, demanded an overhaul of Russia's notoriously and increasingly corrupt police force, arguing that the reform of the service ordered by President Dmitry Medvedev in December and recent firings of senior police officials could not produce any serious effect.

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Iraq: Baghdad, Bombs and Ballots

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

Will the elections herald a new era of political stability for Iraq or will it be more of the same? Iraqi bloggers discuss their fears and hopes on the day of the national elections.

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Nigeria: After the President's return, bloggers question who's in charge

Written by Eremipagamo Amabebe · Sub-Saharan Africa

Only two weeks after Goodluck Jonathan's long-anticipated confirmation as Acting President, ailing President Yar'Adua was stealthily flown back to Abuja after more than two months abroad. For most observers, the President's return raised more questions than it answered.

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Armenia-Turkey: Response to U.S. Genocide Resolution

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

Following last week's resolution urging the US government to recognize the 1915 massacre and deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as Genocide, reaction in the blogosphere appears to be muted. However, other alternative voices are making their voices heard.

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Updates from 8 March 2010

Russia

Russian magazine Kommersant Money published an analytical investigation on plagiarism in online media. It suggests that the majority of media content in Russia is based on “copy-pasting” practice usually done by special software that substitutes original words with synonyms to pass the product as a different article.

• Gregory Asmolov

Russia

A historic wooden house in Moscow suburbs known as “Muromtsev Dacha” has been torn down by the authorities amid numerous protests from the residents. The photos of the demolition have been posted by different bloggers and gathered at LJ community photo-polygon.

• Vadim Isakov

Jamaica

Jamaica's Active Voice admits she's “quite fascinated by the goings on in Trinidad and Tobago over the last couple of days”, saying, “I'd like to see how the ruling party extricates itself from what appears to be damning evidence of guilt…”; Jumbie's Watch, meanwhile, has “perused the overall picture and realise[d] that this was only the beginning of the massive cleanout required.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

I have just had some news about Iaiá, from Alcinéia. She did another jump at the end of last year,...

Sir/madam, I was disapointed for everytime I wish to watch action movies online it was blocked and this is my only...

Black March Boycott protest ACTA, do NOT buy Movies, Music or Video Games for the month of March. Get the...
Great article,great job.Even though we have much bigger problems in Bulgaria than ACTA i feel proud and happy that young...
Next time we will be there again :)