Global Voices · Citizen media stories from June 2010

June, 2010

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Stories from June, 2010

2 June 2010

Israel: Fighting the #Flotilla Digital War

Written by Gilad Lotan · Middle East & North Africa

The global impact that social media and the real time web had as this story evolved is undeniable. From Twitter to Facebook and onto active forums and talkback threads, the battleground has shifted from the Mediterranean to a digital cacophony of data. Gilad Lotan has more.

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Colombia: Reactions to Presidential Elections from the Blogosphere

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Latin America

The Colombian blogosphere also reacted to the outcome of the presidential elections held on May 30, discussing why the Green party candidate, Antanas Mockus, lost to the candidate of the ruling coalition, Juan Manuel Santos. They also analyzed what is in store for the political atmosphere in Colombia after the June 20 run-off election.

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MENA: Israel will have to Choose

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Condemnations are flying left, right, and centre after Israel attacked a Turkish-led flotilla headed to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and break the blockade on the Palestinian enclave. Here are some more reactions from Twitter.

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Morocco: Where Some People are More Equal than Others

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

All Moroccans are equal, but some Moroccans are more equal than others, writes Moroccan blogger Jamal Elabiad. He comes to this conclusion following a corruption case allegedly involving a high ranking official in the cabinet and his son's arrest. Here are more reactions.

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1 June 2010

Peru: Reactions to Release of Convicted Terrorist Lori Berenson

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Silvia Viñas · North America, Latin America

The recent release under probation of the U.S citizen sentenced for terrorism, Lori Berenson, generated mixed reactions from the media and citizens, and began a series of debates about the pertinence of this measure and above all, of the rights of a person to reinsert themselves into society.

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Angola: A Foreign Look by Afonso Loureiro

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

Living in Angola, Portuguese citizen Afonso Loureiro has been threatened because of his blog. In this interview, he talks about that episode, the country that hosts him and about self censorship and freedom of expression.

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Updates from June, 2010

20 June 2010

Iran

Several Iranian bloggers including Persianweblog reported that Blogfa, a leading free Persian weblog service got filtered.

• Fred Petrossian

Israel

JoeSettler posts a photo of a sign he often passes that reads, “This [road] is a gift from the American people to the Palestinian people.” “What I think that USAID overlooked,” he comments, “Is that Jews also use this road regularly.” According to their website, USAID has donated $1 billion in aid to projects in Gaza and the West Bank since 1993.

• Maya Norton

Israel

When you live in the Middle East, water is essential to your daily survival. Israeli Kitchen recommends ways to store water in preparation for an emergency and what water sources you can use if your standard stores dry up.

• Maya Norton

Israel

“I’ve noticed that whenever a woman defends having taken her husband’s name… it’s invariably stated, ‘After all, feminism is about choice.' Well I’m not pleased with having women who choose tradition, or patriarchy, telling me what feminism ‘is about,'” writes Israeli Yam Erez at Stand By Your Name.

• Maya Norton

19 June 2010

Mexico

Carlos Hernández visited a small tortilla factory (”tortilleria” in Spanish) and reported on his experience on his blog Mas alla de Conoce México [es], where he includes images of the tortilla-making process.

• Silvia Viñas

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

University of Puerto Rico students' campaign to clean up the campus and start community vegetable garden projects with the neighboring Rio Piedras kicked off earlier this week, days before they declared victory after successfully negotiating the conditions to end their two month strike.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Russia

Blogger mr_bison analyses [RUS] Russian military statistics. The results are shocking: Russian army is more dangerous environment for a human being than a prison in the US. Plus, almost every fifth death in the army is a suicide, another sad military fact says.

• Alexey Sidorenko

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