Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 July 01

1 July 2010

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Stories from 1 July 2010

USA: Indigenous Rights Declaration under Reexamination

Written by Simon Maghakyan · Oceania, North America

The US government is now reviewing and asking for public input on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples after initially rejecting it in 2007.

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Ukraine: Mysterious Deaths at the Kiev Zoo

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Eastern & Central Europe

The Kiev Zoo has recently attracted attention of both the traditional and citizen media because of the alarming events happening there: quite a few animals at the Zoo have died under unclear circumstances during the last year.

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Nepal: Prime Minister Resigns

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal announced his resignation yesterday in a live televised speech. Mr. Nepal's resignation brings an end to a long political stalemate in Nepal.

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Guatemala: Costa Rican Francisco Dall’Anese to Direct CICIG

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

Francisco Dall’Anese, Attorney General of Costa Rica, has been appointed to direct the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. Bloggers provide context and analysis on how this new appointment will affect Guatemala.

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Philippines: Netizens react to inaugural address of new president

Written by Julius Rocas · East Asia

Filipino bloggers react to the inaugural address of the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Aquino is the first bachelor president of the Philippines and the first winner in the country's first ever automated elections

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Pakistan: Website Monitoring Continues

Written by Faisal Kapadia · South Asia

As per a recent court ruling the Pakistan government has decided to keep a close eye on popular websites including Google, Youtube, Facebook, Hotmail which could be posting blasphemous content objectionable to Muslims. Pakistani bloggers react.

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Fiji: Will new media laws lead to better reporting?

Written by Michael Hartsell · Oceania

Claiming it will introduce media transparency and responsible reporting, Fiji’s government enacted new media rules, establishing a code of conduct for journalists, strengthening local ownership stipulations and creating a set of fines and prison terms to be levied against reporters and media institutions for potentially breaking guidelines.

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Malaysia: Education Ministry Plans To Scrap Two Exams

Written by Syafique Shuib · East Asia

The Education Ministry of Malaysia announced the possibility of scrapping two public school examinations to improve the country's school system. Bloggers debate whether this proposed reform would benefit the students

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Puerto Rico: Student strike is over after 60 days

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

It has been described as a historic victory. In national student assembly, thousands of students of the state-run University of Puerto Rico (UPR) ratified the agreements reached between the students' National Negotiating Committee (NNC) and the university's administration ending a strike that lasted over 60 days and paralyzed ten of the 11 campuses of the UPR.

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South Africa: African Fashion Week sets the stage for African Designers

Written by Prisha Bhoola · Sub-Saharan Africa

Not to be outdone by their sporting counterparts hosting the World Cup in South Africa, African fashion designers are showcasing their talents in their own world cup of fashion from June 30 to July 3.

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Updates from 1 July 2010

Japan

Japanstyle dedicates a post [en] to kamikiri, one of the traditional crafts that uses paper and that is also a stage performance. Attached to the post a video where popular kamikiri artist Hayashiya Imamaru creates splendid silhouettes with scissors and paper.

• Scilla Alecci

Russia

Several articles of Ura.ru, one of the major media outlets, had been significantly transformed by unknown hackers, kommersant.ru reported [RUS]. Aksana Panova, executive editor of the portal, suggested, hackers added severe critics towards regional and federal authorities in order to provoke Roskomnadzor [EN] to issue a legal notice, which might result in a closure of the website.

• Alexey Sidorenko

U.S.A.

Gender Across Borders, a group blog dedicated to international feminism, is currently seeking new contributors and is holding a public live chat to discuss global feminism on July 19.

• Solana Larsen

Russia

First page of Prison.org, a website Moscow Center for Prison Reform, of one of the oldest Russian human rights NGOs, had been hacked, Russ.ru reported [RUS]. The content of the website hasn't been deleted, however, users can't access the website and are constantly forwarded to Yandex.ru search engine instead. Russ.ru suggests hosting provider might be involved in the hacking.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Russia

Michael Vasilenko, executive director of Russia's second largest international airport Sheremetyevo, wrote [RUS] a blog post accusing [ENG] Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov in a deliberate transport blockade of the airport. Vasilenko declared that authorities started roadworks [ENG] on purpose in order to block Sheremetyevo and promote city-owned airport Vnukovo.