January, 2011
Stories from January, 2011
8 January 2011
Sudan: Northern Sudan is no less “African” than Southern Sudan
Voters in Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum that is mostly likely to split Africa's largest country into two. If Southern Sudan separates, African states will therefore increase from 53 to 54. The referendum is part the 2005 Naivasha Agreement between the Khartoum central government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement. This is our latest roundup of blog posts related to the referendum.
North Korean official twitter and website hacked
Intense cyber attacks were inflicted between South and North Korea. Sparked by one South Korean net user posting an insulting poem about the Kim family on the North Korean official website Uriminzokkiri, North Korea fired back with a DDOS attack. Today, South Korean hackers have allegedly attacked the North Korean government's official twitter account.
·
read »
7 January 2011
Hungary: International Blackout Campaign
Citizens advocating freedom of speech are also trying to keep up the volume of the international coverage by means of communication on the internet. A group called Blackout for Hungary started a campaign for 24 hours beginning on Jan. 5 against the new media law introduced on Jan. 1. Marietta Le reports.
Palestine: Eyewitnesses Report Tear Gas at Bil'in Demonstration
The death of a Palestinian woman from Bil'in, allegedly after inhaling tear gas at a demonstration, sparked another protest today - this time reported and followed closely on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Côte d'Ivoire: Torture Scenes in the Most Populated Prison
A video is currently creating a stir among the Ivorian online community. It shows militaries beating up prisoners - presented as Alassane Ouattara's partisans - in the Abidjan MACA prison. Since the beginning of the political crisis in Ivory Coast, dozens of people have been arrested in Ivory Coast for their political opinion and jailed at the infamous MACA prison.
·
read »
She plagiarized this story from a Croat, who is suing her. His pen name is James Braddock, but his real...
Serbs are showing their true colors with their insane reaction to this film. How shocking. Congratulations, you come off just...
I don't understand how anyone in their right mind would not have known a movie like this would have opened...