Global Voices · Citizen media stories from May 2011

May, 2011

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Stories from May, 2011

12 May 2011

Spain: Earthquake Shakes Murcia

Written by Ana Lucia Sa · Translated by Marianna Breytman · Western Europe

Lorca, in the region of Murcia, Spain, was shaken by two earthquakes that have caused nine casualties to date and approximately 300 injured. Information, opinions, and support has spread through blogs and digital networks.

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China: Red Culture Fever

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

2011 is turning out to be a year for 'red culture' revival, mocked fiercely online but taken seriously by courts, prisons, universities, television stations and police departments in a growing number of areas throughout the country. Is it all for political show, or does it signal a pending culture war in China?

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India: Privacy for the Deceased?

Written by Inji Pennu · South Asia

The accidental death of a NIT (Calicut, Kerala) research scholar has once again sparked controversies about the privacy of women, privacy of a dead person and in general about the lingering male chauvinism in Keralan society.

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Spain: Videos of the Earthquake in Lorca

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Western Europe

Citizen videos show the aftermath of the 5.1 and 4.5 earthquake which struck the city of Lorca in the region of Murcia, Spain on May 11th. According to the City Council, between 20 000 and 30 000 people slept on the streets, while brigades check buildings for safety.

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Nigeria: SaharaReporters: Africa's Wikileaks

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike · Sub-Saharan Africa

Speaking the truth to those power has never been palatable anywhere. Daring to do so in Africa may be the same as signing one's death penalty. If you have any doubts, ask Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters.

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Argentina: Official Launch and Repercussions of the ‘Meat For All' Program

Written by Laura Schneider · Translated by Marianna Breytman · Latin America

In Argentina, two topics exist that, one way or another, all Argentinians will always discuss: football (soccer) and the price of beef. Both generate reactions and new proposals for price reduction amongst Argentinians by way of implementing government plans.

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Updates from May, 2011

25 May 2011

Jamaica

Girl With A Purpose has the details about recent political resignations and Cabinet reshuffles, here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Uncommon Sense links to a report which alleges that the death of a prisoner was at the hands of prison guards, while Babalu links to new medical reports of the late Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia, noting that “the report from the most recent beating…mentions the bruises found on his body; the same bruises that according to the Castro regime…never existed.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bahamas

“I die in despair as the debt, deficits and taxes all continue to rise with no respite in sight”: Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas doesn't hold out much hope for the fiscal measures in today's mid term budget.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Plain Talk says that when it comes to politics, “the name of the game is advantage.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Barbados Free Press links to a FIFA press release that details new corruption allegations against the organisation's vice-president, Jack Warner.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Citizen Media

Women2Drive group launched a campaign in Saudi Arabia, via a Facebook page and a hasthag on Twitter [en and ar], to encourage and prod women to follow the example of Najla Hariri and [en] and Manal Al Charif [en] and defy the laws by driving on June 17th. Manal, one of the event initiators, was arrested by local police for having trespassed the rules and driving her car in Khobar, in the in the Eastern part of the country.

• Thalia Rahme

Bolivia

Rodrigo Reque Mejía, owner of the blog Puro Papo [es], compares the Bolivian government's newly created Ministry of Communications with the fictitious Ministry of Truth in Geroge Orwell's 1984 novel. His concerns have to do with potential Internet censorshio, among others.

• Felipe Cordero

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Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.