Global Voices · Citizen media stories from February 2011

February, 2011

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Stories from February, 2011

18 February 2011

China: Petitioner burns down his black prison

Veteran citizen journalist Zhang 'Tiger Temple' Shihe tells the story of Hubei petitioner Yan Sen, whose provincial government paid to keep him locked away in an extralegal 'black prison', up until Yan made his dramatic escape.

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Australia: Dog-whistling to Islamophobes

Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

Australian Opposition politicians have been accused of using dog-whistle politics and courting islamophobes during the last week. Two issues have collided with instant reactions in the blogosphere.

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Brazil: Abuse and Threats Behind Manaus City's ‘Garbage Tax'

Written by Cinthia Sento Se · Translated by Atilio Baroni Filho · Latin America

In Brazil's northern state of Amazonas, there is nothing new about threats to freedom of expression and abuse by those who hold economic and political power. In this post, Global Voices tells the story of two bloggers who have been suffering sustained persecution.

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Uganda: Bloggers Apprehensive as Voters Go to Polls

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

Ugandans go to the polls on Friday for the country's second round of multiparty elections since current president Yoweri Museveni took power in 1986. The mood among both Ugandans on Twitter and the blogosphere is apprehensive.

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Iran: Whose Martyr is He?

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

The Iranian pro-regime and opposition forces have each been battling to claim Saleh Jaleh as their martyr. He was killed by gunfire on February 14 when the opposition demonstrated in Tehran and several other cities.

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China: Worst Drought in 60 Years

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Major agricultural regions in China are facing their worst drought in 60 years. According to government statistics, 2.57 million people and 2.79 million livestock have been hit by the drought. The immediate impact has been rising food prices, indeed its implication on food security has prompted the United Nations' food agency to issue a warning to the world's grain markets.

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Updates from February, 2011

22 February 2011

Portugal

In her blog, Eduarda Santos - a portuguese advocate for transgender rights - points several examples [pt] of transphobic prejudice by the mainstream media. In January she had posted a thorough analysis [pt] of President Cavaco Silva's enactment against the change of name and gender of transsexual people.

• Sara Moreira

Brazil

Update on GV's post Brazil: Eradicating the Indigenous Guarani Kaiowa. The trial of the accused for the murder of chief Marcos Veron resumed on February 21. The website Indigenous Peoples Issues translates an article by CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council) about the mobilization of Guarani indians to accompany the trial.

• Sara Moreira

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

A group of Law professors of the University of Puerto Rico have opened a section of their blog, Derecho al Derecho [es], to provide information on how lawyers can opt-out of a federal class suit against the Bar Association of Puerto Rico, an institution that has been practically dismantled by the current Legislature.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Peru

Juan Arellano in Globalizado [es] reports on reactions to a 2005 cable released by Wikileaks, which reveals that “Fernando Rospigliosi, former Minister of Interior in the administration of Alejandro Toledo, asked for the collaboration of the United States Embassy to carry out a campaign against Ollanta Humala.”

• Silvia Viñas

21 February 2011

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