Global Voices · Citizen media stories from May 2010

May, 2010

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Stories from May, 2010

3 May 2010

Sudan: Nobody will ever know who really won the election

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Commenting on the results of the first party multiparty elections in Sudan, Muawia Abdel Karim argues that nobody will ever know who really won the election.

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Saudi Arabia: When it rains in Riyadh, it pours

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

It's raining in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and Twitter users and bloggers are using the opportunity to cover the 'chaos', and complain about their local Press.

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Technology for Transparency: The South Asian Story

Written by Namita Singh · South Asia

Democracy is still relatively young in South Asia, and not always stable. While politicians in the region are eager to integrate technology into their policy platforms, they are less enthusiastic about its use by activists who want more transparency and accountable governments.

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An Egyptian lynched in Lebanon

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Mohamed Mossallam, an Egyptian accused of murdering an elderly couple and their two grandchildren as well as raping a 15-year-old girl, has been lynched by the people of the Lebanese village Katramaya. Bloggers react to the news after videos and photos of the lynching were posted online.

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Algérie Télécom: The only choice?

Written by Katharine Ganly · Middle East & North Africa

Algérie Télécom, the main operator of Internet services in Algeria, is notorious amongst bloggers for its poor service and frequent disruptions. In this post, Katharine Ganly translates the frustrations of a young blogger, Houda, from Sidi Bel Abbès.

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Hong Kong: 5 District Referendum Movement

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

In order to advocate the implementation of universal suffrage and abolition of functional constituencies in Hong Kong, the Civic Party (CP) and the League of Social Democrats (LSD) launched the...

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Updates from May, 2010

20 May 2010

Russia

Alleng.ru, one of the largest educational portals in Russia, has been turned off by the provider Peterhost due to the hosting of the electronic copy of the book “Basics of the Muslim Creed,” which is acknowledged by the Orenburg city court as “extremist,” blogger r_li reported.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Indonesia

Blogger Wibisono Sastrodiwiryo believes that in the near future, accessible broadband connection will revolutionize the Indonesian music industry to a point where major labels can't stick to their old anti-piracy tunes [id].

• Carolina Rumuat

Philippines

365 Great Pinoy Stuff makes “a random list of Filipino stuff that makes Filipinos proud, happy, nostalgic, elated, high, inspired, hungry, hopeful, confident, comforted, excited, intrigued, entertained, mystified, homesick– you name it, all the feel good experiences we ought to have.”

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Ukraine

Paul Goble of Window on Eurasia writes about the 66th anniversary of the deportations of the Crimean Tatars and the current plight of those who have returned to their homeland and those who haven't: “But because of the importance of where they live, their difficulties will not be theirs alone.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Vadim Nikitin shares his thoughts on whether Mikhail Khodorkovsky can be considered a dissident.

• Veronica Khokhlova

19 May 2010

Lebanon

Lebanese Farfahinne reported the students strike that took place at the American University of Beirut (AUB) against a hike in tuition fees.

• Eman AbdElRahman

China: Tibet Burns, But Where Are the Chinese Public Intellectuals?

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