Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 March 17

17 March 2010

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Stories from 17 March 2010

Jordan: Third “Blog About Jordan” Day a Success

Written by Ebtihal Mahadeen · Middle East & North Africa

Jordanian bloggers marked the third Blog About Jordan day on March 12th. As was the case in previous years, the cyber event was organized by U.S.-based Jordanian blogger Qwaider. Ebtihal Mahadeen reviews reactions in this post.

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Saudi Arabia: 1,000 lashes for YouTube video

Written by Katharine Ganly · Middle East & North Africa, North America

A Saudi man has been charged for morality crimes after a video appeared on YouTube where he is dressed in police uniform, dancing and flirting with the male cameraman. He has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes, a 5,000 rial ($1,333) fine and a year in prison. Katharine Ganly takes a look at some blogger reactions.

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Macedonia: International Women's Day in the Blogosphere

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

International Women's Day is not an official public holiday in Macedonia, but is widely observed through interpersonal interactions and at some workplaces. This year, a number of bloggers used the occasion to draw attention to gender issues or to find creative ways to congratulate women online.

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Colombia: Results from March 14 Elections

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Latin America

On Sunday March 14, Colombians went to the polls to elect legislative representatives. It was also viewed as a barometer of what could happen in the May 30 presidential elections.

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Iranian women's rights website wins RSF online freedom award

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Reporters without Borders and Google have awarded Iranian women's rights website We-change with a "Netizen Prize" for their work in defense of freedom of expression.

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China: Various aspects of censorship

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

March 12 was the World Day Against Cyber Censorship and Reporters Without Borders announced its latest list of "Enemies of the Internet," which points a finger at China, among other authoritarian states.

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Ecuador: The Yasuni-ITT Initiative

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

In 2007, the Ecuadorian government unveiled the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, which would call for the oil reserves found in the Yasuni National Park to remain underground in exchange for compensation from the international community.

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Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Uganda

Two separate tragedies struck Kampala, the capital of Uganda, on Tuesday: students at Makerere University rioted after the shooting death of two of their peers. And the Kasubi Tombs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the burial location of the king of one of Uganda's largest ethnic groups, burned to the ground.

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Updates from 17 March 2010

Moldova

Zimbru of Morning in Moldova argues against parliamentary immunity as part of a new Moldovan constitution.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Russia

Gabriela Ionita of Power&Politics World analyses the results on Russia's recent regional elections and its effects on the country's politics.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Russia

Blogger cyxoupshk published a video (RU with English subs) address criticizing Russian post service. The video is provoked by increasingly bad quality of service as well as recent DHL's shipping suspension.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Trinidad & Tobago

KnowTnT.com's Edmund Gall asks himself, “Are we Trinis more likely to be *against* something than *for* the opposite?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Barbados-based B.C. Pires posts some observations about the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister's statements “that a war is on between the PNM government and some elements of the construction sector”: “No matter which way you look at it, everyone in these small islands is firetrucked.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bahamas

Bahama Pundit's Larry Smith wonders whether natural gas can solve the country's power problem.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bermuda

Bermudian bloggers comment on term limits. Politics.bm: “The requirement to prove Bermuda status for entry is draconian and unnecessary…”; Vexed Bermoothes: “I believe that term limits are very dangerous, particularly combined with all the other mixed messages sent by this Government towards international business.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Sri Lanka

Indi.ca writes about the adult film theaters in Colombo and how women are portrayed in the film posters.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Kalsoom at CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan criticizes the blame game of Pakistan's leaders and comments: “the stream of bombings and the subsequent deaths of innocent civilians will continue to undermine Pakistan’s tactical successes against the Taliban.”

• Rezwan