Global Voices · Citizen media stories from November 2010

November, 2010

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Stories from November, 2010

19 November 2010

USA Now Alone, as Canada Votes to Adopt Indigenous Declaration

Written by Simon Maghakyan · North America

Canada has endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, leaving the US as the only country to vote against the document.

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Madagascar: Coup attempt, as referendum takes place

Written by Lalatiana Rahariniaina · Sub-Saharan Africa

The controversial referendum held on November 17, 2010 in Madagascar was soon overshadowed by reports of a rather bloodless putsch.

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Taiwan: National dignity hurt in the Asian Games

Written by Portnoy Zheng · East Asia

On November 17, leading Taiwanese Taekwondo athlete Yang Shu-chun was disqualified from the 2010 Asian Games during a match with a Vietnamese competitor for “wearing non-certified electronic foot equipment” or “electronic socks”. The incident has stirred up a lot of emotions in Taiwan.

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18 November 2010

Pamela Fever Grips India

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Hollywood actress and model Pamela Anderson is creating ripples in India as she arrived in Mumbai a few days ago to take part in a TV reality show. Netizens reflect on what the Indians think of Pamela.

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Colombia: Mayor of Bogotá isolated amidst corruption allegations

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Latin America

Bogotá Mayor Samuel Moreno Rojas faced criticism even before taking office in 2008; as the mayor, he has been regarded mostly as an "incompetent" who "lacks leadership", and is routinely mocked with nicknames as "bobolitro" ("dumb"). In the last few weeks, a corruption scandal has added to this criticism.

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Azerbaijan: Video blogger Adnan Hajizade released

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

In a surprise decision, an Appeal Court in Azerbaijan today ordered the conditional release of video blogging youth activist Adnan Hajizade. The news, as well as reaction, quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter.

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Updates from November, 2010

26 November 2010

Haiti

HAITI, Land of Freedom notes that several human rights groups have expressed concerns about the country's upcoming elections in the midst of the cholera epidemic.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Generation Y finds out that the reason copies of her book were confiscated, is because its contents “are against the general interests of the nation, since it argues that certain political and economic changes are required in Cuba so that its citizens may have more material benefits and achieve personal fulfillment, ends completely contrary to the principles of our society.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Lebanon

Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced a Lebanese to six years hard labor, reduced to three years prison term, for attempting to rape a Filipino domestic worker in his place of work, reports Ethiopian Suicides.

• Moussa Bashir

South Korea

Sounds of artillery shots were heard inland of North Korea this afternoon, audible from South Korea's YeonPyeong island. Although the firing was not directed at South Korea, it has successfully frightened many South Koreans. Some Twitters sarcastically commented [ko] as ‘North Korea is taking advantage of the unprecedentedly high level of attention given to them'.

• Lee Yoo Eun

China

A website,Progressive Society, with a feature page called Hanging Slave of the West, has been set up by some extreme “leftists”. The website claims to record all the sins of Chinese political liberals. It also collects photos of famous political activists such as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo calling them slaves of the West and demands them to be hanged.

• Oiwan Lam

25 November 2010