Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 July 27

27 July 2010

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Stories from 27 July 2010

Francophonie: Like Fine Wine, Twitter Experience Gets Better With Age

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Western Europe, North America

An unexpected but deliciously nostalgic hash tag #jesuisvieux (I am old) has been trending in French social media. The timeline for the hashtag is filled with often humorous updates, and provides a snapshot of the evolution of information technology use.

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India: RTI Activist Murdered

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

On the 20th of this month, 33yr old Amit Jethwa, a prominent environmentalist and Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen opposite the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, India. Netizens react with shock and anger.

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Iran: Campaign to Free Jailed Photo-Blogger Hamed Saber

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

More than 70 Iranian university graduates and academics are calling for the release of Hamed Saber, an Iranian photo-blogger and computer scientist who was arrested for unknown reasons on 21 June 2010 in Tehran.

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Brazil: Limits on Food Ads Shake Market Forces

Written by Luis Henrique · Latin America

The Federal Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency has ruled changes in food advertising to include warnings printed on packages, amidst strong industry reaction. Do consumers have a say in this debate?

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Chile: Controversy Over Pardon Proposal by Catholic Church

Written by Claudio Ruiz · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

The Chilean Catholic Church has announced a proposal regarding the need to pardon certain people convicted of crimes on humanitarian grounds. The proposal has sparked debate on the Chilean blogosphere, as the original request could have included a pardon for those convicted of human rights abuses during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

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Indonesia’s fashion bloggers

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

The top bloggers in Indonesia are fashion and lifestyle bloggers who are mostly young ladies. Who are they and why are they popular?

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Updates from 27 July 2010

Serbia

Anegdote comments on the recent beating of journalist Teofil Pančić in Belgrade: “The government needs thugs, and thugs need the government. The cycle goes on.” (A GV translation on the attack is here.)

• Veronica Khokhlova

Uruguay

Dead fish have appeared in the Uruguay River (Rio Uruguay in Spanish), and the blogger from Opinemos Hoy [es] doesn't believe the reports that say the fish have died because of the cold weather; this blogger says he is tired of lies, and that the fish are dying because of the toxic substances, pesticides, and chemicals that are dumped into the river.

• Silvia Viñas

India

Nityin at Himachal Live blog reports that the farmers in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh are facing problems as there is a shortage of Nepali migrant labors in this year's pick Apple season.

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

Going Global thinks that Sri Lanka needs an administrator like a King or a CEO at the nation's helm who will implement a long term plan “with no incentive to engage in short-termist crowd pleasing development”.

• Rezwan

India

Komal-Nishka Manglani at Blog Adda explains why businesses must embrace social media.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Effendi at The Spittoon comments: “the Pakistan government has gone into damage control mode after the evidence of the ISI’s involvement in Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan was exposed and confirmed on WikiLeaks.”

• Rezwan

Trinidad & Tobago

“For twenty years, successive governments ignored calls from citizens both prominent and ordinary for a formal probe”: On the anniversary of the 1990 attempted coup d'etat, The Caribbean Review of Books believes “it’s time to face the truth and its consequences.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco