Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 November 26

26 November 2011

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Stories from 26 November 2011

Video: Plural+ 2011 Awards Young Filmmakers

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Youth from around the globe were awarded in New York for their thought-provoking short films showing their proposals for making society more peaceful and multicultural by addressing the topics of diversity, migration and social inclusion.

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“Let Us Dream”: Demonstrating Against Unified Job Hunting in Japan

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

On Labor Day, students gathered in Tokyo and Kyoto to rally against the practices of job hunting for fresh graduates.

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India: Youth Slaps Minister Over Price Rise and Corruption

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

On 24 November, India's Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, was slapped on the face by a youth as he was leaving a government building. Harvinder Singh was apparently fed up with the growing inflation, corruption and graft cases in the country and decided to hit out in protest.

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DR of Congo: How Will the Elections Unfold?

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

The presidential elections in the DRC are scheduled for November 28. The stakes are evidently high, given the history of civil conflict. Many observers have highlighted the major events during the campaign, and attempted to forecast how the elections will unfold.

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Mali, Niger: Tuareg Voices Barely Heard Over the Sounds of War

Written by Marc-Andre Boisvert · Translated by Ahmed Medien · Sub-Saharan Africa

Since the start of the war in Libya, many security and political experts have warned against potential Touareg threats in Mali and Niger. Is it a real threat or mere speculations? For the moment, the only place to hear the voices of the Tuareg is on the internet.

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Updates from 26 November 2011

Bangladesh

Sazid Khan thinks that the decision of the Bangladesh government to split the Dhaka City Corporation into two zones will create more problems rather solving the existing ones.

• Rezwan

Japan

WordCamp Tokyo 2011 will be held November 27th. The organizers are running a relay blog [ja] that describes why you should go and what's happening behind the scenes.

• Tomomi Sasaki

Mozambique

The Mozambican literary collective Movimento Kuphaluxa has shared on Facebook and on its blog a series of poems exhibited on the city of Maputo's historic acacia trees. Some well-known writers like Mia Couto are featured (FB link), but most poems are from younger writers.

• Janet Gunter

Governance

Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Police says social networks have been used for terror plots in Iran. Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam has urged ECO countries to establish a unified intelligence system to thwart these crimes.

• Hadi Nili

North Korea

The North Korea Tech wrote about a surge of new sign-ups for Koryolink, North Korea’s nationwide 3G cellular network. It is believed 809,000 North Koreans have subscribed to Koryolink whose 75 percent of stake is owned by the Egyptian company, Orascom Telecom.

• Lee Yoo Eun

South Korea

A judge's Facebook post criticizing the current President and the free trade agreement with the United States went under fire. The Supreme Court has decided to refer him to the ethics committee for violating political neutrality. Some citizen journalists have secured the judge's deleted post [ko] in their blogs.

• Lee Yoo Eun

India

Nisha J shares her experience of spending a day at the famous Camel Fair of Pushkar, a holy town of the Ajmer district in the state of Rajasthan, India.

• Rezwan

Bhutan

Dorji Wangchuk posts a photo essay on the recent state visit of the Bhutanese royal couple to Japan.

• Rezwan

Russia

Siberian Light reports that the second reading of the “anti-gay” bill in the St. Petersburg City Duma has been postponed till Nov. 30 - “to allow time for a face-saving review of the legislation’s wording.” The AllOut.org's petition calling “leaders around the world to reach out to their counterparts in the Russian government” has now been signed by 219,368 people; the new goal is 250,000. LJ user madw posted a photo report [ru] from the Nov. 20 rally in St. Petersburg: 150 people protested against the bill; some got attacked and beaten when the rally ended.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Maldives

Hassan Ziyau describes how the preparations for the 17th SAARC Summit brought astonishing changes in Addu and Fuvahmulah, the two atolls where the summit was held.

• Rezwan