Global Voices · Citizen media stories from July 2010

July, 2010

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Stories from July, 2010

8 July 2010

Lebanon: Three Arrested for Facebook Postings

Written by Layal Al Khatib · Middle East & North Africa

Lebanese Naim George Hanna, 27, Antoine Youssef Ramya, 29, and Shebel Rajeh Qassab, 27, have been arrested for posting Facebook statuses against the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. The Lebanese online community is outraged because of the invasion of their cyberspace and here are some of their reactions.

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Serbia: Bloggers Make Health Care Scandal A Personal Affair

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

It would seem that Serbia’s bloggers have officially joined the ranks of citizen journalism. This week, just some 48 hours after several Serbian bloggers united to demand the resignation of...

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Russia: New “One Day Rule” for Censoring Comments on Demand

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Alexey Sidorenko analyses the new practice of comment removal on news media websites introduced by the Russian authorities. Although not direct and not efficient, it threatens to significantly limit online discussion.

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7 July 2010

Serbia: Bloggers Demand Health Minister's Resignation

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

A recent corruption scandal at the Oncology Institute in Belgrade has enraged the Serbian public and blogging community. Danica Radisic writes about the Resignation (Ostavka) blog initiative - and the expected resignation of the Serbian Health Minister.

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Global: Paul the German Octopus Calls Another Match

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

For the past few weeks, amidst global World Cup madness, a young German octopus named Paul has been accurately predicting the victors of each football match from inside his tank.

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India: Selective About Denouncing Violence?

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

On 4th of July, 2010 a group of unidentified assailants attacked and hacked off the right hand of Mr. T. J. Joseph, a college lecturer from Kerala. He was earlier suspended after accusations by Muslim groups for making some derogatory references to the Prophet in a question paper set by him and had apologized publicly. Bloggers react.

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Updates from July, 2010

24 July 2010

Iran

Kandovan is a 'strange' Iranian village in Eastern Azarbaijan province where houses are in the middle of rocks. Watch the photos.

• Fred Petrossian

Armenia

Le Retour (in 3 Parts), a blog by a Canadian-Armenian resident in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, comments on the three recent guest entries posted on The Caucasian Knot, the blog of Global Voices' Caucasus regional editor, and summarized here. The blog looks forward to more conversations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

• Onnik Krikorian

Brazil

A new citizen journalism project is underway in the poor, marginalized suburbs of São Paulo. Journalist Bruno Garcez launched blog Mural [pt] where he posts citizen media tips and interacts with his students. The new citizen reporters are also invited to publish their reporting and explain the process they have followed.

• Sara Moreira

Ghana

Emmanuel is happy about Ghana's police force being online: “That they have a website, which can be reached at http://www.ghanapolice.info/main.htm can only go to confirm that they're well-ensconced in the 21st century.”

• Ndesanjo Macha