Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2011

September, 2011

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Stories from September, 2011

16 September 2011

Angola: The Hot Embers of a Repressed Protest

Written by Clara Onofre · Translated by Janet Gunter · Sub-Saharan Africa

Recent events have shaken Angolan society and the state. After a large police response to the demonstration against the 32 year-long government of José Eduardo dos Santos on September 3, at least 18 were "unjustly convicted" and sentenced to between 45 days and 3 months in prison.

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15 September 2011

Iran: Female Blogger Receives 50 Lashes

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

These are the words Iranian blogger Somayeh Tohidloo wrote in her blog, after receiving 50 whip lashes in Evin Prison: “Be happy, for if you wanted to humiliate me, I confess that I feel my entire body is suffering with degradation.”

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Tunisia: Blogger Beaten up by Police for Telling a Joke

Written by Afef Abrougui · Middle East & North Africa

Eight months after the fall of the regime of Ben Ali, police in Tunisia have still not given up their brutality and violations of human rights. On Wednesday September 14, Tunisian blogger Azyz Amamy was arrested and beaten up by police for telling a joke on bananas. Bloggers are outraged.

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Russia: To Vote or Not To Vote?

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · RuNet Echo

As the Russian parliamentary election approaches, the Internet is fast becoming the main stage for the debate on the election strategy that the Russian opposition should take. Alexey Sidorenko reports.

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Macedonia: Celebrating Basketball Win Over Lithuania

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

The celebration of the Macedonian entry in the semifinals of the European basketball championship has spilled over from the country's streets, balconies and town squares into the blogosphere. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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Pakistan: Speaking Out the Unspoken - Gawaahi

Written by Salman Latif · South Asia

Information and communications technology (ICT) has long been hailed as a harbinger of a global change. Gawaahi is one such venture that aims to bring to fore underrepresented voices of Pakistani society by coupling ICT with social activism.

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Updates from September, 2011

23 September 2011

East Timor

The East Timor government says it established the Timor-Leste eProcurement Portal to enhance transparency and accountability. The website “allows citizens, donors, NGOs and the press to analyze and search information related with the goods, services or works that (the government) is procuring.”

• Mong Palatino

East Timor

La’o Hamutuk provides an unofficial translation of East Timor's proposed Base Law on Environment which seeks to provide the legal framework in protecting the country's environment.

• Mong Palatino

Thailand

Lillian Suwanrumpha posts pictures of the assembly of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship or popularly known as Red Shirts as the group commemorated the five-year anniversary of the military coup that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

• Mong Palatino

Cuba

Iván García explains that “the Cuba of the 21st century is split in two. The islet of the gentleman and the atoll of the comrade.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Haiti

mediahacker posts audio of “one of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s lawyers…attempt[ing] to shout over Gerardo Ducos, a researcher for Amnesty International, as he [spoke] to reporters…about his organization’s call for prosecuting the former dictator.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian bloggers share their thoughts on the Troy Davis execution, with Afrobella saying: “I’m not here to rehash the facts of the Troy Davis case or to analyze the details of the social media outcry or the last minute attempts to save his life. I just know I’m not the only one left with an overwhelming feeling of sorrow.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Uncommon Sense will have his eye on Cuba tomorrow as “the Damas De Blanco ('Ladies In White)…participate in a march and other ceremonies commemorating Our Lady of Mercy, the patroness of prisoners, a fitting celebration for a group committed to advocating for the release of Cuban political prisoners.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco