Global Voices · Citizen media stories from April 2010

April, 2010

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Stories from April, 2010

5 April 2010

Nigeria: Leading Nigerian leftist gone

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Citizen Media

“Abubakar Rimi, arguably, northern Nigeria most visible politician of the leftist persuation died yesterday of “cardiac arrest” after witnessing an armed robbery episode. Rimi has been diabetic,” reports Chidi Opara.

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Russia: Reflections on the Subway Bombings and Politics

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

It's been a week since the March 29 Moscow subway bombings, which killed 40 people and left over 100 injured. Below is a sampling from an ongoing discussion by Russophone bloggers.

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4 April 2010

The Balkans: Similarities Between Facebook and Communist Party of Yugoslavia

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Filip Stojanovski translates a list of of similarities between Facebook and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY).

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Arab World: Pulling all the Stops for the BoBs

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Arab bloggers nominated for the annual Best of the Blogs award (The BoBs) are pulling all the stops, to attract more votes. Who are the nominated bloggers and who will you vote for?

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Morocco: Are Christians at Risk?

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

In early March, observers watched as around 20 long-time Christian orphanage workers were expelled from the country they called home. The incident, and others which followed it, have brought to light the debate surrounding Christianity in the Kingdom.

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China: County citizens subject to moral appraisal

Written by Don Weinland · East Asia

Defaulting on a loan, running a red light, having a second child, or receiving a serious warning from the Communist Party—just some of the behaviors that might give Suining County...

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Updates from April, 2010

21 April 2010

Russia

Yandex.ru published report [RUS, .pdf] on Internet development in Russian regions. Report concludes that the drastic increase in Internet penetration during 2009 was in Russian regions. The average speed of the Internet there is 1,100 kbs. The most active bloggers are in the Far East.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Armenia

Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines recounts being verbally abused by a fellow countryman after co-presenting with Global Voices Online's Caucasus regional editor at a recent conference. The blogger notes that the reason for being cornered and harassed was her belief in tolerance and democracy in Azerbaijan as well as peace with Armenia. Ironically, she adds, her accuser was meant to be working in the same area and says she hopes that one day he will “understand the true notions of values like tolerance, democracy, liberty, justice and freedom.”

• Onnik Krikorian

China

ngochina blogs about the shutting down of ngo.cn earlier in April. The website was established in 2005 and it offered capacity building training to NGOs, mainly those located in southwestern China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou).

• Oiwan Lam

20 April 2010

Brazil

Brazilian cyber-activist João Carlos Caribé calls on bloggers [pt] for a mass blogging against the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). According to the EFF, the ACTA text will be made public this Wednesday, April 21.

• Diego Casaes

Bahamas

Bahamian Nicolette Bethel is “one of the million or more ‘ash refugees' around the world.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Dominica

Dominica Weekly highlights three must-see attractions of the Morne Trois Pitons National Park.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

“How dare you squander the resources by giving so much lip service and not doing much of anything…Shucks, did you think I was talking about the PNM/ UNC/COP?”: 5am at Mango Media Caribbean has a message for the voting population of Trinidad and Tobago.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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