Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2011

January, 2011

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Stories from January, 2011

7 January 2011

Georgia: Policeman fired after being identified on Facebook

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Central Asia & Caucasus

After the excessive use of force by policemen to break up a demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia, many Facebook users used the site to identify those responsible.

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6 January 2011

Featured Translator: Sarah Standish

Written by شمس أحمد · Translated by Shams Ahmad · Middle East & North Africa, North America

Sarah Standish is a young American teacher and blogger with a mission. In addition to teaching Arabic to high school students in the US, the Arabic Lingua member hopes to bridge the gap between the East and West and create more understanding of the Arab way of life and thinking. Shams Ahmad interviews her in this post.

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Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Activists Asked to Shut Up on Twitter

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia's human rights activists, who have been pushing their cause on mico-blogging site, Twitter, have been asked to shut up. The insult came from a Saudi Consultative (Shura) Council member, and was met with anger, humor and sarcasm.

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Egypt: New Year's Eve Church Bombing Draws Condemnation

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian bloggers react to the worst church bombing in over a decade, where 21 people were killed, and another 79 injured during a New Year’s mass in a Coptic cathedral in Alexandria in this post by Tarek Amr.

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COP 16: Agreement on Form But Without the Funds

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Diana Rhudick · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in Cancun last December 11 with the adoption of a host of decisions. Bloggers in Bolivia, Mexico, and Togo give a lukewarm reception to the decisions, which don't seem to have a clearly defined roadmap for their financing.

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Uganda: Court Victory for Ugandan Homosexuals

Written by Haute Haiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

A Ugandan court has ruled against Rolling Stone - Uganda from publishing the identities and place of residence of gays, lesbians and transgendered people arguing that the action by the magazine will threaten and endanger their lives. Bloggers react to the historic ruling.

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Updates from January, 2011

20 January 2011

Bolivia

J.F. String in Hemispheric Brief reports: “An international showdown between the US and Bolivia has officially begun. The matter under dispute: whether or not an international ban on coca-leaf chewing should be pulled from the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.”

• Silvia Viñas

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The student blog Desde Adentro [es] is covering the arrests of approximately 30 students who were participating today in the second round of organized acts of civil disobedience to protest against the imposition of an annual special tuition fee.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Pakistan

BRAC Blog informs about yesterday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake in South Western Pakistan: “there were no casualties or damage to houses or other assets.”

• Rezwan

India

Maddy writes in details about the recent rumor that the Zodiac signs will change.

• Rezwan

Russia

The Russian Wikileaks website published photos [RUS] of what is allegedly known as Vladimir Putin's $1 billion-worth palace on the shore of Black Sea . The story of the secret construction has been exposed [ENG] by Vedomosti newspaper few weeks ago.

• Gregory Asmolov

Dominican Republic

In Ahiqueprende [es], José Ernesto Devárez hijo comments on the content of the cables revealed by WikiLeaks related to the Dominican Republic.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Haiti

“I thought that after Duvalier left, things in Haiti were going to improve. What I never imagined was that the leaders who came after Duvalier were going to take Duvalier's concepts and use them to their own benefits”: Changing Perspectives republishes an interesting take on Haitian politics by Richard Morse (popular Tweeter @RAMHaiti).

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Serbia: The Media War Against Angelina Jolie

She plagiarized this story from a Croat, who is suing her. His pen name is James Braddock, but his real...
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