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June, 2011

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Stories from June, 2011

14 June 2011

Lebanon: New All-Male Government Formed Amidst Continued Wrangling

Written by Antoun Issa · Middle East & North Africa

After almost five months of protracted negotiations and political bickering, Lebanon's Hezballah-led March 8 alliance finally announced a new exclusively male, 30-minister government to be headed by Sunni billionaire Najib Mikati.

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Peru: Reactions Following Ollanta Humala's Electoral Victory

Written by Isabel Guerra · Translated by Marianna Breytman · Latin America

More than a week following the close victory of nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala in the Peruvian presidential elections, reactions of all sorts continue to arise in the press, blogosphere, and Peruvian social networks.

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China: Lawyer Li Zhuang Released From Prison

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

One of the defense lawyers in the case against Li Zhuang, the lawyer who has just been released after serving a prison sentence of 1.5 years for defending a mob boss in a politically-motivated crackdown on corruption, Chen Youxi, updates us on Li's situation, and more.

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Singapore: Anger Over Mistreatment of Elderly Patient

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

It’s called Nightingale Nursing Home but it seems some of the nurses there are far removed from the real Florence Nightingale. Singaporeans are shocked and upset after a spy video exposing the mistreatment of a 75-year-old lady in that nursing home was uploaded in the web. Bloggers also discuss the quality of healthcare in the country

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Macedonia: Reasons for Protesting

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Bloggers from Macedonia consider the historical significance of the current protests against police brutality, in the context of democracy development.

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Russia: New Initiative to Enforce TV Morality

Written by Vadim Isakov · Eastern & Central Europe

An initiative to create a Public Oversight Board for media control in Russia may seem like a passage from Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four but it is a reality in the country, which still struggles to accept the concept of democracy and free speech.

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Updates from June, 2011

26 June 2011

Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam signwriters at Kigamboni Market have put together the concise overview of Tanzania in 2011. See their work here.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Tanzania

A new book by Sarah Markes, Dar Sketches: street level dar – drawings and writings, is now available in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. It will soon be available in other bookshops.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Emmanuel Iduma responds to Nigerian writer and critic, Ikhide Ikheloa’s essay “Email from America: The Caine Prize and Unintended Consequences”: “The essay which one website described as ” Wainainaesque” after Binyavanga Wainaina’s satirical “How to Write About Africa” and together with Chimamanda Adichie’s “The danger of a single story”, is fast becoming the third part of a trilogy of African intellectual criticism of Western literary imposition.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Angola

Willemien Groot's Guide for African Revolutionaries: 11 Ways to get around internet blockades: “Internet blockades are more the rule than the exception in non-democratic countries. But there are ways to get round them, even though no censorship circumvention tool is 100 percent safe. Rule number 1: you’re clever, but the authorities are cleverer.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Botswana

MyWeku's image of the week is a picture taken on the road from South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana via Oddly Specific. It is titled, “So…where do you want to stay?”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Kenya

Tolu's thoughts on Africa 2.0: “The point is this: in the emerging Africa it is harder for the government to carry on as though the people didn’t exist, or as though they existed to be deceived, because the citizens are losing the fear that once held them down. And then again, yes, people do get sick and tired of suffering, and less and less patient with lying, thieving, murderous tyrants.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Japan

Ryo Chijiiwa gave a 1 hour presentation at Google Tech Talk (video link) about his two month experience volunteering in the disaster zone with All Hands Volunteers.

• Tomomi Sasaki