Global Voices · Citizen media stories from May 2011

May, 2011

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Stories from May, 2011

26 May 2011

China: Netizens Declare Candidacy In Upcoming Elections

Their chances may not be good, but a small and growing number of Internet celebrities and microbloggers have decided to run in grassroots elections this coming September in constituencies around the country.

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Panama: Wikileaks Reach Panamanian Government

Written by Ariel Moreno · Translated by Jen Fumero · Latin America

The diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks have wreaked havoc in global politics. Panama is not an exception. A cable that links the government party CD - Democratic Change - with the Colombian drug dealer David Murcia has triggered outrage among Panamanian citizens.

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Azerbaijan: Eynulla Fatullayev Pardoned Following Twitter Action

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Just two days after the UK branch of Amnesty International launched its Twitter campaign to call for the release of Eynulla Fatullayev comes news that the imprisoned journalist and prisoner of conscience has been included in a list of prisoners to be pardoned ahead of the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

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United States: A Blog for Rethinking the Hispanic World

Written by Yarisa Colon · Translated by Marianna Breytman · North America

In New York, the Hispanic cultural and artistic dynamism can be felt. Global Voices spoke with journalist and cultural critic Claudio Iván Remeseira about his blog Hispanic New York Project, a digital space for rethinking the dominant vision about Hispanics in New York.

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Serbia: Arrest of Ratko Mladic

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Eastern & Central Europe

Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb military leader was arrested today by police in Serbia, the country's president, Boris Tadic, confirmed on national television. General Mladic has been on the run since 1995 facing charges of genocide for his role as Bosnian Serb military commander during the 1992-95 civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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25 May 2011

Thailand’s First Female Prime Minister?

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the sister of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra, has emerged in the past week as a popular candidate in the coming July election in Thailand. She could be Thailand’s first female Prime Minister.

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Updates from May, 2011

30 May 2011

Russia

Sublime Oblivion writes about the case of Evgeny Starshov, who was tweeting and blogging about his internship at the Russian State Duma until he got fired for it.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bill Kralovec of Bill's Blog and Kirk Johnson of Americans for Bosnia share thoughts on the arrest of Ratko Mladic; YakimaGulagLiteraryGazett is posting links to English-language media stories on the issue.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Mexico

David Sasaki in Información Cívica explains they will “begin publishing weekly summaries of what Open Society Foundation partners in various countries around Latin America are sharing via their websites, blogs, and social media accounts.” Their first summary focuses on their partners in Mexico.

• Silvia Viñas

Argentina

In Pires Mios [es], Macarena announces that the initiative ‘I read this book' (in Spanish: “yo leí este libro”) that began in Argentina is now being implemented in Uruguay. On its official blog [es], the organizers explain how it works: you leave a book on the street (in a bench, for example), someone finds it, reads it, and then leaves it somewhere else for someone else to pick up and enjoy.

• Silvia Viñas

Kenya

The Catholic Church in Kenya should cleanse its house, argues Sue at Jamii Ya Kenya blog: “The recent accusation of a priest Renato Kizito of sexually abusing his secretary is shocking but not strange, because this is not the first time he is accused of sexual abuse. In 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing minors at the orphanage he runs at Dagoretti Corner in Nairobi.”

• Ndesanjo Macha