Global Voices · Citizen media stories from November 2010

November, 2010

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Stories from November, 2010

30 November 2010

China: “Hang the Slaves of the West”

A new website that vilifies Chinese political liberals, including 2010 Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has caught the attention of the Chinese internet for its extreme views. Why has it not been removed by censors?

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Fiji Water closes the tap and leaves Fiji

Written by Michael Hartsell · Oceania

After squabbling with Fiji's government, the US-based premium water company Fiji Water closed its bottling plant and canceled its contracts. While the company's leaders hope to strike a deal with Fiji's military government, an estimated 4,000 people are affected by the closure. Fiji's bloggers and commenters provide their take on the matter.

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Central & Eastern Europe: Initial Reactions to WikiLeaks' Cablegate

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

While other regions feature a lot more prominently in the collection of U.S. embassy cables published by WikiLeaks thus far, a few countries of the CEE region do appear in the kickoff edition of Cablegate. Below is a small selection of initial reactions from the region's bloggers.

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29 November 2010

Australia Waking to Cancún

Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

In the lead up to Cancún (the COP16 meeting of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol) online discussion in Australia has finally spiked. Here are sample blog reactions

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Cambodia: Lessons from the Water Festival stampede

Written by Sopheap Chak · East Asia

Cambodians are still mourning the death of 347 people in the stampede tragedy which happened last week at Koh Pich Bridge in Phnom Penh. Cambodian netizens share their reactions and recommendations on how to improve disaster management in the country

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Madagascar: Wave of Arrests in the Aftermath of the Failed Coup

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · Madagascar

In the aftermath of the referendum and simultaneous failed putsch , a veritable waltzes of arrestations and investigations are shedding a sad shadow on the island of Madagascar. Malagasy citizens react to the series of concerning events that have left many of them either incredulous, cynical or just plain blasé.

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Updates from November, 2010

30 November 2010

Cuba

Along the Maleon says that the “Cablegate” cables that pertain to Cuba appear to be about the country's “political affairs, the country's relations with other countries and human rights.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Afra Raymond tells of “amazing scenes” as the CLICO bailout debacle reaches the showdown stage.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

As the Cardinal of Havana declares that the release of the remaining political prisoners is not in his hands, Uncommon Sense says: “The difficulty he faces in understandable. But what is indefensible is that at least publicly, he never comes across as a champion for those Cubans…”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Today is Independence Day in Barbados. Cheese-on-bread! republishes the list of this year's honourees and congratulates the President of the Senate, who was honoured “for his distinguished career and his outstanding service and contribution to Barbados and public life.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco