Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 June 06

6 June 2011

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Stories from 6 June 2011

Peru: Ollanta Humala Wins Elections According to Early Results

Written by Isabel Guerra · Translated by Negarra Akili Kudumu · Latin America

In Lima, Peru, the initial results of the presidential election vote count confirmed the tendency expressed in the exit polls: 52.6% for Ollanta Humala and 47.4% for Keiko Fujimori. Reactions on online social networks were immediate.

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Ukraine: Censoring Facebook? (Updated)

Written by Tetyana Bohdanova · Eastern & Central Europe

Tetyana Bohdanova reports on the case of Mykola Sukhomlyn, a Ukrainian blogger and one of the most popular Facebook users, whose Facebook account was terminated on June 1, 2011.

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Egypt: IMF Deal Sparks Controversy

Written by Lilian Wagdy · Middle East & North Africa

Helping Egypt overcome the cash crunch that ensued in the wake of the January 25 Revolution, the International Monetary Fund agreed on Sunday to a 3 billion dollar loan package to the Arab World’s most populous country.

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Macedonia: Alleged Killing of Young Man by Policeman Sparks Protests

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

A sizable crowd gathered in the center of Skopje to protest the death of a young man who was allegedly beaten to death on the sidelines of the celebration of election victory by the ruling political party.

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Syria: ‘Gay Girl in Damascus' Seized

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Amina Arraf has seen a quick rise to fame. Blogging pseudonymously, as Amina Abdullah, she writes about politics, the recent uprising, and being a lesbian in Syria. A dual citizen of the United States and Syria, her powerful words have shown the reality on the ground in Syria over the past few weeks. Today, on Amina's own blog, it was reported that she had been kidnapped by authorities.

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Palestine: Hopes Dashed as Rafah Crossing Stays Closed

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

On May 28 Egypt opened the Rafah Crossing between it and the Gaza Strip, supposedly on a permanent basis. However, Palestinians soon discovered that Egypt was limiting the number of people who could pass through the crossing, and thousands were left waiting in frustration. A week later the crossing was closed again by the Egyptians, “due to renovations“.

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Egypt: Khaled Said, One Year Later

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

One year ago, Khaled Said was tortured to death at the hands of two policemen. And today Egyptians are remembering the anniversary of one of the main triggers for their revolution which ousted Hosni Mubarak.

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Macedonia: Goverment Wins Elections After Tight Race

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Filip Stojanovski sums up the preliminary results of the June 5 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Macedonia, and reports on the arrest of one of the opposition leaders.

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Colombia: No to Cell Phones With Blood

Written by Cati Restrepo · Translated by Marianna Breytman · Latin America

Cell phone theft and its subsequent illegal commercialization have represented a problem of public order for Colombia, so much that this year the national government has decided to confront it. But as expected, the measure has generated various opinions.

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Uganda: Excitement as Cranes Edge Closer to African Nations Cup

Written by Rosebell Kagumire · Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda is closing in on making a historic comeback to the Africa Nations Cup tournament. The country last qualified for the biggest continental stage in 1978. The Uganda Cranes recorded a 2-0 victory over Guinea Bissau in Kampala on Saturday June 4.

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Updates from 6 June 2011

Burkina Faso

The 2,000 member strong opposition Facebook group “Blaise Compaoré doit partir” ([President] Blaise Compaoré must go) is one of the platforms netizens are turning to to share news, updates and opinions [fr] about the tense situation in Burkina Faso, where mutinous militaries and presidential forces clashed last week in the town of Bobo Dioulasso.

• Claire Ulrich

Iran

Hrna [fa], Human rights activists news agency, reports [fa] that Ali Pour Soleiman, a blogger and teacher was arrested in Iran a few days ago. He was a member of Association of Teachers and wrote [fa] in Sokhane Molem (means teacher's word) blog.

• Fred Petrossian

Cuba

Uncommon Sense blogs about the Cuban government's response to Guillermo Farinas' hunger strike to demand an investigation into the death of dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia, while Mario Barosso says: “I have no doubt that the Regime will start to look for arguments to shake the death of Juan Wilfredo from its shoulders, but this death is an error more of the system and of the Cuban Government; and the sum of these errors grows every day.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

“In the pantheon of history Fidel Castro will have a place” - but what about Raul Castro? Iván García considers his legacy.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Dominica

“Either accept it is part of the belief system the country wants to communicate to the world, or consider that controlling sexuality through a combination of religious thought systems and laws is dangerous and repeal the [sodomy] law”: For Caribbean Man, it's all a question of consistency.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Tattoo examines the arguments being put forward in favour of removing Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner from his post amidst FIFA bribery allegations, saying: “In the end only one argument may be valid.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Guyana

Guyana-Gyal thinks we need to clean up our act if we want to leave a proper environmental legacy for future generations.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

South Korea

In the Council on Foreign Relations site, Toni Johnson published an analysis on North Korea's food situation and the dilemma in sending food aid to the country.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Peru

According to the latest official results, with 88.375% of the votes from yesterday's run-off election counted, Ollanta Humala defeats Keiko Fujimori with 51.276% of the vote –Fujimori got 48.724%. Bloggings by boz writes “5 points on Humala” summarizing his victory and analyzing possible outcomes.

• Silvia Viñas

Mexico

Aguachile reports that “After almost two weeks of demonstrations, the “dissident” Sección 22 of the SNTE teachers union […] returned to the class rooms today, Monday. In one of Mexico's absolute poorest states, with educational attainment at rock bottom, the teachers left the 1.4 million or so students without a teacher for almost two weeks - all the time collecting their salary.”

• Silvia Viñas