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July, 2010

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Stories from July, 2010

18 July 2010

India: From Stone Pelting In Kashmir Streets To Facebook Protests

Indian administered Kashmir valleys are boiling over tensions and rage against Indian security forces over killing of a number of young protesters. An SMS ban ensued to stop rumors and Kashmiri youths are increasingly relying on social media tools to share news and carry on with their protests amidst crack down on them.

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Thailand: Texting Troubles for the Prime Minister

Written by Arthit · East Asia

When Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva assumed office in 2008, he sent an SMS to millions of Thai mobile phone users asking for unity. Now he is facing a corruption charge for receiving a "gift" from telecom companies. He is also accused of violating the privacy of cell phone consumers

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Ecuador: The National Day of the Condor

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

A resolution taken by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1991 declared July 7 as the National Day of the Condor in Ecuador. Unfortunately, the day goes by unnoticed by many Ecuadorians.

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17 July 2010

Brazil: Electoral Blogsphere Censored

Written by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · Latin America

Censorship in the Brazilian blogsphere is an extremely sensitive issue due to a dictatorship past when it was legal. As the presidential elections of 2010 approach, the siege tightens and bloggers react.

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Palestine: The Pain of Exile

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Palestinian refugees are one of the biggest displaced populations in the world, with the United Nations providing assistance for some 4.7 million registered refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Millions more displaced and emigrant Palestinians live around the world. However, their attachment remains strong to the home they, or their parents or grandparents, left behind. Two bloggers in Gaza have written about the pain of exile.

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South Africa: 67 Minutes of Change – Mandela Day

Written by Prisha Bhoola · Sub-Saharan Africa

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years of his life in a prison on Robben Island in South Africa. What most people don’t know is that Madiba (as he is affectionately known in South Africa) spent 67 years in the fight against racism and poverty. Sunday 18 July 2010 marks his 92nd birthday and also Mandela Day - a day in which people around the world dedicate 67 minutes of their time to making the world a better place for all.

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Updates from July, 2010

28 July 2010

Belarus

Notes and updates on the upcoming 2011 presidential election in Belarus - at BelarusDigest (here, here, and here).

• Veronica Khokhlova

South Korea

More Koreans are noticing their suicide plans via Twitter, South Korea's internet media NoCut News reported[kr]. Most recently a club DJ tweeted ‘I will commit suicide, thank you guys till now' and the police was dipatched to his house. It was later found out that he had not committed suicide. Experts are interpreting the suicide twit as a desperate distress signal for life.

• Lee Yoo Eun

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