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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

16 November 2011

Russia: Hidden Camera Reveals Illegal Electioneering in School

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

A scandal caused by a hidden camera recording at a school in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, has highlighted a serious problem in Russian schools: teachers campaigning for the ruling United Russia party.

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Peru: Reflecting on Anti-Mining Protests

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

Peruvian bloggers reflect on recent protests and social conflicts related to environmental problems caused by mining, and the influence these problems might have on the future actions of the government of President Ollanta Humala.

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Kuwait: Video Campaign to Teach Citizens about the Constitution

Written by Mona Kareem · Middle East & North Africa

To mark the 49th anniversary of the Kuwaiti constitution, a group of activists decided to remind citizens of the different clauses of the constitution. Under the theme of Tadry [ar] (Did you know?), Sout Al-Kuwait (Voice of Kuwait) produced six videos, each spanning a few seconds, explaining to citizens six select articles from the constitution.

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Zambia: Porn Video Sparks Debate on Gender, Culture and Morality

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

A video clip of a young female student at one of Zambia’s expensive colleges having sex with her boyfriend has surfaced on a hardcore pornography website. The case has generated a lot of debate online about culture, morality and gender in the country.

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Egypt: Commemorating 40 Years of Pope Shenouda on Twitter

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian Copts, among others, decided to criticize Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of his 40th Ordination anniversary. The anniversary coincided with the end of the 40 day mourning period after the Maspero massacre, where 27 Egyptians, mostly Coptic Christians, were killed.

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China: Photo Captures Plight of 58 Million ‘Left Behind Children'

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

A photo showing a little girl caring for her baby brother in a classroom in rural China has caused an online stir. It reflects the country's long-standing social problem of children who are left behind by their parents going to work in the cities.

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Updates from November, 2011

24 November 2011

Cuba

Uncommon Sense weighs in on photos showing the violent arrest of “two Cuban female activists, Yris Pérez Aguilera and Donaida Pérez Paseiro, as they tried to leave Yris' home in Placetas so she could see a specialist for treatment of head injuries she suffered during a beating by a police official in May”; babalu laments that “Incidents like [these] are becoming more common across Cuba.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

ttgapers.com reports on an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and other members of her Cabinet. Limited Twitter commentary about it is here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Barbados Free Press republishes an article and photos from the Monaco Revue that highlight the presence of Lawrence Duprey and other CL Financial executives at the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix: “What was once an article about the elites having a good time in Monaco is now certain to be of interest to the Colman Commission inquiries into the CL Financial Fraud.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Saint Lucia

Amala's View has been “watch[ing] from afar, the campaigning that went on for months [and] now comes to a heated close in two Caribbean nations”, saying: “As the voting day draws nigh, know with certainty that you are involved, know that your vote makes a difference and know beyond anything that it is a right you must exercise.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Zambia

Zambian Economist asks his readers, “Should Tujilijili be banned?”: “Tujilijili is a strong alcohol sold in a sachet for about K1, 000 [Zambian Kwacha] per sachet. The alcoholic content is over 40 per cent, equivalent to whiskey and other known spirit brands like vodka and brandy.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Sokari blogs about the Nigerian artist Toyin Odutola: “The Nigerian-born, American-raised artist employs a painstakingly thorough creative process that uses rudimentary tools – ballpoint pens, ink and paper – to investigate perceptions of ‘blackness’, gender and place.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Chile

The Instituto de la Communicación e Imagen (ICEI) has released a report analyzing how Chilean media covers indigenous peoples and the “indigenous conflict.” Ryan Seelau in Indigenous News explains “the data revealed, among other things, that Indigenous issues tend to be underreported and that Indigenous voices are underrepresented in the media.” The report is available online as a PDF file. [es]

• Silvia Viñas

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