Global Voices · Citizen media stories from August 2011

August, 2011

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Stories from August, 2011

4 August 2011

Ghana: Towards the ‘Ideal Woman': Meet Blogger And Journalist Linda Annan

Written by Steve Sharra · Sub-Saharan Africa

Though she shares a last name with a globally famous Ghanaian, Linda Annan is not related to former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. Linda is a Ghanaian journalist and blogger who contributes to Global Voices Online and is the founder of Obaasema, an online magazine for Ghanaian women.

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China: Anger Over State TV Attack on Microblogging Platforms

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Bloggers in China fear that a recent broadcast by state-controlled China Central Television (CCTV) entitled, 'Where is the moral bottom line of Microblogs?', was a direct attack on citizen media freedom. Oiwan Lam discusses the issue.

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Russia: Blogger Reveals Corruption at Moscow Journalism Faculty

Written by Marina Litvinovich · Translated by Daniel Alan Kennedy · Eastern & Central Europe

This is the story of how one blogger was able to overcome corruption in the Department of Journalism at Moscow State University. It seems unbelievable and impossible even, that this issue revolves around entrance exams for the most powerful and prestigious university in Russia.

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Chile: Starbucks Baristas Hunger Strike for Higher Wages

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Chilean Starbucks workers have revealed that their country's baristas are paid less per hour than the cost of a cup of coffee. Three employees are now on hunger strike demanding better working conditions, but Starbucks has yet to even respond to their requests.

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3 August 2011

Morocco: Activist Website Sustains DDoS Attack

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Middle East & North Africa

The Moroccan militant website Mamfakinch! came under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last Sunday which blocked access to its main platform for several hours. The website is now back online. What is Mamfakinch! and why has it been attacked?

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Japan: A Nuclear Gypsy’s Tale

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

Blogger Takeshi Kawakami was one of Japan's so-called ‘nuclear gypsies’, who for about 30 years made his livelihood working at the country's different nuclear plants. In his blog he has denounced the corruption and collusion between the government and the nuclear industry.

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Updates from August, 2011

21 August 2011

Guinea

After a year of blogging on blog platform Mondoblog, Sow shares [fr] how difficult it is to connect from his hometown in Guinea, located 500 km from the capital Conakry: “This country is plagued with a standard access to the Internet that breaks every record of slowness. If you add the age-old problem of power shortages, blogging from a GSM mobile connection in these conditions is far from a picnic. Up to a full day to write an article, edit it, upload images and dispatch the link across social networks! Some ask me: “So, did you find a job?” The answer is no, knowing that I already have one: blogging!”

• Abdoulaye Bah

D.R. of Congo

End Cong Rape online campaign has been launched: “The aim of this site is to inform people on the plight of women in the east of the Congo, as well as to encourage people to get involved and donate.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

20 August 2011

Nepal

Guffadi reacts to the salary increase of Central Assembly members, Ministers and Heads of the State by saying that they should not get more than the average income of the Nepalis since they have a lot of perks and amenities.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

After 52 years of service the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has been retired and rechristened as Rongdhonu (Rainbow in Bangla), which will serve as an emergency medical ship around the Bangladesh coasts, reports Bangladesh Watchdog.

• Rezwan

India

The West Bengal state government has decided to change the name of the state to Paschimbanga (in Bangla). Anirban explains why he doesn't support the name change.

• Rezwan

Iran

Head of internet unit in the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance called Google+ is one of the most dangerous social networking for Iranian users.

• Fred Petrossian

Somalia

afrik.com reports [fr] on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's visit in Mogadishu: “The prime minister, his wife Emine and other [Turkish] political and business leaders, as well as artists, are in Somalia to meet the victims of the drought and famine raging in the country.”

• Abdoulaye Bah