Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 September 07

7 September 2011

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Stories from 7 September 2011

Russia: Plane Crashes with Lokomotive Ice Hockey Team

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

On the afternoon of September 7, 2011 an airplane carrying nearly all the players of the Lokomotive professional ice hockey team crashed only 500 meters after take-off near Yaroslavl in Russia.

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Mexico: What are Mexicans Saying About Their President's Annual State of the Union?

Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Elizabeth · Latin America

Mexicans have reacted to the message given by Felipe Calderon as part of his "Fifth State of the Union", delivered while the "war" against drug cartels and the election process of 2012 continue. The majority strongly criticized him, but the president also received some congratulations.

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Guinea: Nadine Bari's Fight to Reduce Poverty in Guinea

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

Nadine Bari is a French citizen who has created one of the oldest humanitarian organizations in Guinea, Guinée-Solidarité. With donations from Europe they have helped supply schools, hospitals, and helped homeless, orphaned and disabled children to receive an education.

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China: Sex, Censorship and the Rise of ‘People's Porn'

Written by Ronald Yick · East Asia

Katrien Jacobs, author of new book 'People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet', discusses the emergence of an online erotic culture in China that openly describes individuals' personal sexual activities - in other words, amateur Internet pornography.

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India: Bomb Blast Outside Delhi High Court Kills Nine

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

At least 9 people have been reported killed and over 45 injured in a blast outside the Delhi High Court earlier this morning. Indian netizens have reacted with shock and anger on Twitter. Aparna Ray reports.

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Morocco: SlutWalk Gets a Toehold

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Middle East & North Africa

"Stand out for yourselves and demand respect. Shame has to switch sides!" This is the cri de guerre of Majdoline Lyazidi, the 20-year-old founder of SlutWalk Morocco, a Facebook page which aims at raising awareness against sexual harassment in the Moroccan society.

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Macedonia: No Jail Time for Participants in Inter-Ethnic Violence

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Only a handful of participants in the February violent inter-ethnic incident on the Skopje Fortress (Kale), who had been identified and subjected to an investigation, received a suspended sentence for their actions in a secret trial. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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Updates from 7 September 2011

North Korea

Martyn Williams from North Korea Tech blog posted an interesting article on North Korea's official character set. According to the author, the set includes unique characters reserved for Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and special symbols for their ruling Worker's Party.

• Lee Yoo Eun

South Korea

Edwin Kee from Ubergizmo site wrote about North Korea's GPS jamming device that can disrupt signals which occur across a wide area, even places 100 kilometers away.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Peru

The President of Peru, Ollanta Humala, enacted the long-awaited law requiring prior consultation with Indigenous Peoples [es], which is expected to contribute to investment and business development with the participation of the local population. Humala stated that this law does not imply immediate solutions, but that it will mark a new stage [es] in relations with indigenous peoples. Lauletras (@Lauletras) and Leonel Caceres (@JericoCQ) comment on the law on Twitter, while Numa Armacanqui [es] comments on it on Facebook.

• Isabel Guerra

Environment

As the National Hurricane Center predicts that another tropical storm could pass over the Virgin Islands this weekend, News of St. John says: “It's that time of year.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

The Wikileaks controversy involving journalist Peter Wickham and Prime Minister Gonsalves has Vincentian blogger Abeni commenting: “I suspect the fall out will be great.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

“In 2012 the electoral process must be executed”: Laritza Diversent explains how The Communist Party of Cuba, “the only political organization that is recognized as legal within the Cuban system”, is preparing for upcoming elections.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Does it seem impossible for there to be a connection between “a group of rather ‘unchristian’ Christian pastors [coming] out against an advertisement that was promoting love” in Jamaica, racism and riots in the UK and a baby learning to use language in the US? Under the Saltire Flag finds the link.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Mexico

Andrés Monroy-Hernandez at ReadWriteWeb explains that in Mexico “some newspapers have officially announced a policy of self-censorship when it comes to reporting drug war-related news”, and that, “Twitter in particular, with its unidirectional follower model and its hashtags, has become one of the main sources of citizen-driven news in Mexico.”

• Silvia Viñas

Chile

Setty asks: “Did Chile learn anything from the trapped miners?”, and argues that Chile apparently did learn something: “This year, only 14 died through July, well below trend. In fact, even if the same number again die by the end of the year, that would still make 2011 the least deadly year since 2002. Here’s hoping.”

• Silvia Viñas

Arts & Culture

Afrique In Visu interviews French photographer Philippe Guionie about his latest photo essay “Les Afros oubliés de la Cordillière” [fr] (The forgotten Africans of the Andes). Guionie traveled to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile to portray black minorities in South America.

• Claire Ulrich