Global Voices · Citizen media stories from July 2011

July, 2011

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Stories from July, 2011

26 July 2011

Should Singapore Nationalize its Transport System?

The petition of Singapore’s private transport operators for a fare increase has sparked a debate on whether it's time to nationalize the country's transportation system. Bloggers react to the proposal to create a National Transport Corporation

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25 July 2011

Belarus: East and West and Nothing in Between?

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

"East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." This chronically misused Kipling phrase seems to catch the realities for an increasing number of Belarusians, who, waking to a wild and hostile world, are asking: "Who cares about Belarus?"

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Tunisia: Time to Register for Elections

Written by Lina Ben Mhenni · Middle East & North Africa

Registration for electoral lists in Tunisia started on July 11 and will be closed on August 2, but statistics have shown that Tunisians are reluctant to register on the lists. A group of Tunisian bloggers have launched an online campaign to urge people to register for the October elections.

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Argentina: What Irritates Argentinians?

Written by Laura Schneider · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · Latin America

Argentinians and Twitter: a means to express what irritates them. On July 22, the hashtag #irritante (#irritating) became a local trending topic with protests and irritations about politics, traffic, neighbors and even family and social networks.

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Saudi Arabia: New Anti-Terror Law Crushes Protests

Written by Mona Kareem · Middle East & North Africa

Amnesty International's leaked draft of the new Saudi anti-terror law has prompted a strong reaction to the proposed legislation. Twitter users are using the hashtag #SaudiTerrorLaw to voice their opinions.

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24 July 2011

Philippines: Planking Against Education Cuts

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

Thousands of students in the Philippines took to the streets on July 19 to demand a higher budget for education from President Noynoy Aquino. The protesting students used the latest planking craze to register their grievances.

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Updates from July, 2011

30 July 2011

Hungary

Eva Balogh of Hungarian Spectrum writes about the situation of Roma in Hungary against the beckground of US-talks with representatives of the Roma group in the country.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Poland

Streetwise Professor comments on the Polish report about last year's plane crash that killed the country's president, and goes on to argue that, whereas Polish pilots where mostly to blame, Russian air-traffic control was probably also to blame.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Slovenia

Sleeping With Pengovsky posts an update about new developments in Slovenia's scandal over bribery in the Patria affaire concerning purchase of Armoured Personnel Carriers from a Finnish company.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Russia

Hans Kristensen at FAS Strategic Security Blog commemorates the 20th anniversary of START 1, the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty beween the Soviet Union and the USA curtailing the number of nuclear missiles.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Development

Siriki Moustapha explains on africavox.com [fr] why equal pay for women still is a subject of debate in Ivory Coast: “These are men of varying socio-economic and intellectual levels; they do not think of themselves as old-fashioned, enemies of women, or even anti-feminist. Their logic is that the Ivorian woman demonstrates such immaturity that the question of wage equality shouldn't even come up.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

Sudan

What is the future of Sudanese football following the decision not to grant citizenship to Southern Sudanese living in the north?: “A large number of southern players have a significant presence on Sudanese football teams, including al-Hilal and al-Merreikh. They have also formed the mainstay of Sudan’s national team, as in the case of Richard Justin Lado, who played in a number of clubs, starting with al-Sahafa, followed by a move to al-Hilal before he went professional with the Ismaili team.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Guinea

Lamine Camara writes on infoguinee.com [fr]: “The central office of the independent weekly newspaper Le Défi was vandalized and completely ransacked by anonymous looters on the night of July 20- 21, 2011. Those non-identified individuals, after wrecking havoc on equipments, computer and hardwares, left a scribbled message on a sheet of paper: “Ennemy of Guinea, get lost“”.

• Abdoulaye Bah

Brazil: Communities in Rio Blame Olympics for Evictions

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Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.