Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2011

January, 2011

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Stories from January, 2011

10 January 2011

Greece: Uproar over plan to build border fence and expel migrants

Written by Asteris Masouras · Western Europe

Greek Citizen Protection minister Christos Papoutsis provoked fierce reactions on new year's eve, by announcing his government's new zero-tolerance immigration policy.

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9 January 2011

Tunisia: “Please tell the world Kasserine is dying!”

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisian netizens are working around the clock to show the rest of the world the ongoing carnage in their country. What started as a protest against unemployment when a 26-year-old Tunisian man set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid last month has ignited the country, sparking a wave of protests across it. Following are some reactions from earlier today.

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Sudan: Southern Sudan Independence Referendum on Twitter

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Voters in Southern Sudan went to the polls today to decide whether to separate or remain part of Sudan. This is a roundup of tweets related to the referendum. You can follow live tweets using the hashtag #SudanRef.

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Filipino Netizens Debate Proposed Broadband Caps

Written by Julius Rocas · East Asia

The provision in a draft memorandum by the Philippine National Telecommunications Commission allowing Internet Service Providers to set a maximum volume of data a subscriber can consume in a day has sparked debate and on-line movements among Filipino internet users.

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Floods Continue to Devastate Australia

Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

Devastating floods on both the East and West coasts of Australia have caused a war of words over water as well as some high quality online crowdsourcing by our national broadcaster. There has been a series of online spaces to share flood experiences.

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Japan: New Landmark “Tokyo Sky Tree” is Growing

Written by Ayako Yokota · East Asia

The year 2011 in Tokyo started with a sunny blue sky, and it was the perfect day to mark the beginning of a fresh new year. Japanese people have customs...

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Updates from January, 2011

21 January 2011

Jamaica

Caribbean Camera reports on the opening of the Commission of Enquiry into events surrounding the Christopher “Dudus” Coke extradition.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

China

Following up discussions over why China sees so many acts of self-immolation but none of the response seen in Tunisia, Stainless Steel Mouse notes [zh] that ten years have passed since five Falun Gong protesters led a deadly protest in Tiananmen Square: ‘it didn't lead to a Falun Gong uprising, so don't bother asking why China's many self-immolations haven't led to a revolution.'

• John Kennedy

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Antilles and Repeating Islands blog about the launch of a new magazine “focusing on works by contemporary artists practicing in the Caribbean and its diaspora.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Barbadian bloggers report that David Thompson's widow has won the parliamentary seat left vacant by his death.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Kenya

Don't ask a prostitute, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”: “In our trade on the streets; the opposite happens; Your value decreases as your experience increases.Quoting five years experience is a turn off. Many a girl gets to prostitution telling themselves they wont do it for more than a few months…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Kenya

Learn about Kabissa online platfrom and network in Africa: “As of this writing, Kabissa has 1,558 approved organizations in the network, 215 of them new in 2011, that have been taking excellent advantage of Kabissa to showcase themselves and connect with each other for peer learning and information sharing.”

• Ndesanjo Macha