Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2011

September, 2011

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Stories from September, 2011

17 September 2011

Zambia: Wikileaks Cables Not As Toxic

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Almost a year after the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables' release, Zambia’s tranche of the documents have recently surfaced. As it turns out, nothing drastic has been disclosed by the leaks, which have proved so toxic in other countries.

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Lebanon: Sabra and Chatila Massacre Remembered 29 Years On

Written by Antoun Issa · Middle East & North Africa

September 16, 2011, marked the 29th anniversary of the most grueling moment in the six-decade long Arab-Israeli conflict - the massacre at Sabra and Chatila. The blogosphere was swarming with tributes to the victims of the massacre.

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Philippines: Filipinos Abuzz With Miss Universe Results

Written by Julius Rocas · East Asia

And third runner up goes to…Miss Philippines! Shamcey Supsup's success has been the cause for much celebration and cheering in the Philippines at the conclusion of the 2011 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant held at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Filipinos both online and offline are talking about the result.

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Malaysia: Mahathir Says Bush Lied About 9/11

Written by Jerrenn Lam · East Asia

As the world commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack in the United States, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad came out again to declare that it was not the work of Muslim extremists. Jerrenn Lam reports.

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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

26 September 2011

Albania

Home of the Albanian Blogger reports that one out of three Albanians pays bribes, making the country the most corrupt in Europe.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Russia

Nikolay Kononov, a columnist of Russian “Forbes,” says [ru] that the Internet will be the only space where real politics will take place in the era of new Putin's presidency. In an article “12 Years in the Internet” [ru] he predicts that the virtual politics will be able to penetrate to the real world, once real crisis emerges.

• Gregory Asmolov

Hong Kong (China)

Foreign domestic workers constitute 3,763,000 total workforce in Hong Kong. However, their rights are very often neglected. “Open door” a support group for FDW posted an article addressing the situation at inmediahk.net.

• Oiwan Lam

China

C Custer explains how the Chinese authorities' concern for their “face” is at work in Chinese media and law enforcement unit.

• Oiwan Lam

India

Lazy Optimist informs that Malini Murmu, a student of the Indian Institute Of Management (IIM) Bangalore, committed suicide because her boyfriend “dumped her via a status update on Facebook”.

• Rezwan

Nepal

Guffadi questions the aviation security in Nepal considering why the Buddha air flight that succumbed into a crash was allowed to take off in the midst of incessant rain.

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

Groundviews posts an appeal of the academic community to the Sri Lankan government protesting a directive that all state universities (who enjoy autonomy) should hire the services of certain government owned company consisting of ex-servicemen for security.

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

Indi.ca highlights some of the candidates of Colombo Municipal Council election, who are using Facebook and other social media tools to run their web campaigns.

• Rezwan

India

Sans Serif reports that the residents of the town of Mudhol in the Karnataka state of India observed a strike recently to protest “blackmail journalism” and the growing number of imposters posing as journalists.

• Rezwan

25 September 2011

Bhutan

Tshering Tobgay reports that the Eighth Asian Youth Congress, which took place in Thimphu recently, saw bright performance from the Bhutanese participants.

• Rezwan