Global Voices · Citizen media stories from July 2010

July, 2010

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Stories from July, 2010

14 July 2010

Russia: New Election Codex Project Discussed Online

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Last month, a Russian non-governmental election-monitoring organization, Golos (A Voice), published an alternative Election Codex on the internet, that is designed to provide free, fair and transparent elections in Russia. It is one of a few recent examples of publicly developed draft bills that are promoted online.

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China: Buy BP assets? Could do!

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia, North America

Britain's new foreign secretary William Hague is in Beijing today, and Chinese online media are reporting the goal of his trip is to sell China on BP assets from the company's South American holdings. Comments on the news suggest netizens are eager to help begin negotiating the terms of the deal.

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Algeria: Has Hypocrisy become Fashionable?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Algerian blogger Salim reflects on hypocrisy and asks: Has hypocrisy become fashionable? Let's see what drives him to this conclusion in this post.

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Montenegro: Hero's Welcome for YouTube Star

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Montenegrin diaspora star Ekrem Jevrić Gospoda was given a hero's welcome upon his arrival in his native land few days ago. In addition to fame gained via his YouTube hit song, he also took part in a fashion photo-shoot few days ago.

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United Kingdom: Video Tagging to protest Nokia's Actions in Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe

Reverse the Wave is a blog by Ms.Deena DeNaro-Bickerstaffe, an artist who is “video tagging” public buildings with documentary footage from the Iranian election protests in 2009 to draw attention to Nokia's sale of technology used for surveillance by the Iranian government.

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13 July 2010

Paraguay: The president's alleged tweets

Written by The Economist · Latin America

FERNANDO LUGO, the president of Paraguay, denies writing messages to an opposition senator on Twitter. This raises two questions: How easy is it to confirm an identity on a social network, and how plausible is the president’s denial?

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Updates from July, 2010

26 July 2010