Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2010

September, 2010

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Stories from September, 2010

25 September 2010

The Invisible Border Between Ecuador and Colombia

Written by Paulina Aguilera Muñoz · Translated by Ela Stapley · Latin America

The Colombia-Ecuador border is once again a contentious issue. Both countries have a border of 586 km and with it a long history of conflict, mutual accusations and reports of armed conflict and displacement.

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24 September 2010

Armenia: Army forced to act after hazing video circulates online

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

A video depicting what appears to be evidence of bullying in the military stationed in Nagorno Karabakh, a disputed territory situated within Azerbaijan mainly populated by ethnic Armenians, continues to circulate online, from YouTube to the Daily Motion website.

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Humorous Web Reactions to Thursday's Facebook Outage

Written by Oluniyi D. Ajao · North America

Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. The website was offline for a few hours on September 23, 2010. Several jokes about the Facebook outage were soon streaming on Twitter, with many of them being re-tweeted by hundreds.

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Anti-censorship webmaster arrested in Thailand

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

The webmaster of an independent online journal in Thailand was arrested at Bangkok airport today on charges of insulting the monarchy. Local mainstream media has been quiet about the issue but twitterers are providing information and other updates which help sustain the campaign to demand the freedom of the arrested activist

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23 September 2010

Colombia: First Reactions to the Death of FARC Leader ‘Mono Jojoy'

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Latin America

Víctor Julio Suárez, better known as Jorge Briceño or Mono Jojoy, one of the top leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was killed in the so-called "Operation Sodom." Colombian Twitter users immediately reacted to the news.

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Italy: Social Media Week in Milan and Worldwide

Written by Bernardo Parrella · Translated by Bernardo Parrella · Western Europe, North America

Social Media Week is an eclectic, multi-city event (Sept 20-24) aimed at connecting people, content, and conversations about emerging trends in social and mobile media.

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Updates from September, 2010

29 September 2010

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Hussain Yousif describes his jailed friend blogger Ali Abdulemam in this post. For more details on Ali's arrest, read this.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahrain has blocked access to countless websites, blogs and the websites of political societies, ahead of parliamentary elections. Mahmood Al Yousif comments on the development here.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif gives us a sneak preview to what has been happening on the human rights societies scene recently.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Chile

Today marks 80 days of the Mapuche hunger strike over the Anti-terror law in Chile. Observatorio Ciudadano published a list [es] of demonstrations that will take place throughout Chile and in Italy to support the Mapuche on their hunger strike.

• Silvia Viñas

Colombia

Albeiro Rodas writes that this year's rainy season”has been especially strong, according to the authorities.” He also writes about a landslide that took place yesterday and “covered the Medellín – Urabá Road in Manglar county, municipality of Giraldo. Thirty persons were reported missing when tons of mud and stones fall on the road.”

• Silvia Viñas

Argentina

In Patria SI, Colonia NO, Gabriel Carol clarifies [es] five myths about Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago in the southernmost tip of Argentina. These myths include that Tierra del Fuego is unsafe, that it invests a lot of money in education, and that the region depends on its natural resources.

• Silvia Viñas

Japan

Akky Akimoto from Asiajin introduced an earthquake early warning system via mobile phone network in Japan.

• Oiwan Lam

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