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9 October 2010

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Stories from 9 October 2010

Hungary: Chemical Waste Reservoir Still Dangerous

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Marietta Le translates a firsthand account from the area affected by the the caustic red sludge spill in Western Hungary and provides information on how to help the victims.

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Russia: Moscow Mayor's Dismissal and Some “Kremlinology”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

The dismissal of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov on Sept. 28 inspired Anglophone Russia bloggers to write about Putin, Medvedev, Sechin, the 2012 presidential election, Luzhkov's wife and her business, and even Chicago mayor Richard Daley.

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Kyrgyzstan: Cast your votes!

Written by Chris Rickleton · Central Asia & Caucasus

The October 10 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan are likely to be the freest and fairest in the country's young history. As such, they offer a perfect opportunity to test the...

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China: Liu Xiaobo the intellectual

Written by Andy Yee · East Asia

On 8 October 2010, Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is a renowned literary critic, political essayist and activist based in Beijing. Trained in literature and philosophy...

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World: One Day on Earth on 10.10.10

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · North America

The One Day on Earth project is only a day away, a day where people from all over the planet will record videos during that day, send them in, and they will become part of a documentary film and experience that will represent a snapshot of humankind.

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Updates from 9 October 2010

Cuba

Ellery Roberts Biddle comments on the reaction of some bloggers [ES] to the technical difficulties that impeded sending Twitter messages via SMS in Cuba: “This raises an uncomfortable question about how activists and advocates for free speech online (a group I consider myself to be a part of) interpret and respond to evidence of censorship.”

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Bea explains why she is moving [ES] from Santa Rita, the university neighborhood that harbors the main campus of the University of Puerto Rico.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Environmentalist lawyer, law professor at the University of Puerto Rico, and blogger Erika Fontánez examines the possibility of opening a blog [ES] to discuss gender discrimination against female law professors in law schools: “Maybe its time to openly talk about what it means to be a female law professor.”

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

India

Manka Banda at AAUW Dialog reviews Reena Patel's recent book which discusses among other things about the challenges and opportunities female employees in India’s call centers encounter in their everyday lives.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

An Ordinary Citizen wonders whether the Bangladesh government should “take necessary steps to keep the inflation controlled and to reduce the cost of living” to avoid loss of faith among common citizens.

• Rezwan

India

Sharanya Manivannan at Ultra Violet shares some experiences involving Chennai's police who exercise moral policing on women.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Fatima Saleem at Change-Dignity-Prosperity opines that in Pakistan the “only possible change is through judiciary now”.

• Rezwan

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Gay activist and blogger Pedro Julio Serrano has demanded that the Police [ES] investigate the latest case of attempted murder against a transsexual woman in Puerto Rico as a hate crime. Ten members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community have been murdered in the past 10 months in Puerto Rico.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Freedom of Speech

Timothy Cheek from the University of British Columbia has a video commentary on the Nobel Peace Prize and an article on China's directed public sphere at Asia Pacific Memo.

• Andy Yee

Liberia

Jina writes about Liberia's “Rape Court”: “The court, which will turn two in Februrary, was a direct response to what many people we met called a rape “epidemic” in Liberia. The country's post-war rape stats are sky-high, and most of the victims are young girls.”

• Ndesanjo Macha