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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

10 November 2011

Colombia: Sabaneta Municipality Outraged Due to Electoral Anomalies

Written by Lully · Translated by Lully Posada · Latin America

After the October 30 regional elections, citizens of the smallest municipality in Colombia - Sabaneta, Antioquia - have peacefully opposed the mayoral election result and called for an investigation into electoral anomalies.

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Poland: Open Government Data Camp 2011 and the Future of Open Data

Written by Jakub Górnicki · Eastern & Central Europe

At this year's Open Government Data Camp in Warsaw, "you could talk to techies, members of transparency-oriented NGOs, journalists, social activists, government officials, EU Commission representatives and so on." Jakub Górnicki reports.

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9 November 2011

Global: Replacing Moreno Ocampo at the International Criminal Court

Written by Evan Fleischer · Western Europe

Luis Moreno Ocampo's term as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is coming to an end and elections for judges are scheduled for December. The discussions taking place regarding the potential candidates to replace Moreno Ocampo are highlighted here by Evan Fleischer.

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South Korea: Online Political Satire Show Draws Millions of Downloads

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

A hilarious political satire talk show, ‘Na-Ggom-su’, has gone viral in South Korea. The show, which is only available online, is filled with wild jokes and expletives, and mocks the country’s President, Lee Myung-bak and the ruling Grand National party.

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Global Campaigns in Solidarity with Syria Keep Growing

Written by Leila Nachawati Rego · Middle East & North Africa

There has been a global outpouring of initiatives in solidarity with the Syrian people. Social media and older technologies, like the telephone, are being used to let Syrians know that they have not been forgotten, especially during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha.

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China: On the Rise But Feeling Boxed In

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

China is surrounded by 85% of the political hotspots in the world, argues one prominent professor, and needs to be free to deal with those and other geopolitical problems it faces, beginning with access to the seas it borders.

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Updates from November, 2011

21 November 2011

Cuba

“The attention with which the Spanish community on the Island follows the Spanish electoral process is surprising,” says Generation Y, suggesting that “among voters here there is a clear intention to push the policies of Madrid’s Moncloa Palace so that, in turn, something will move in the Plaza of the Revolution.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago News Blog has reports on the flooding that plagued northern Trinidad this past weekend, here and here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle suggests that Trinidad and Tobago could learn a thing or two from Jamaica when it comes to getting into emergency mode.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Russia

The server of the Kostroma-based discussion board “Kostroma Jedis” (jedi.net.ru) had been confiscated by the police on November 16, 2011 (see police acts here [ru] and here [ru]). The website, which audience was about 12,000 visitors daily, was taken by the police ‘as an evidence' in the investigation of libelling against Kostroma governor Igor Slyunyaev [ru]. Ridus.ru reported [ru] that forum users that tried to get together to sign a petition were dispersed by the police on November 20.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Belarus

Over 18,000 people have already signed the “Innocent until proven guilty! 15 days left to stop the Belarussian executions” petition, posted on The Petition Site, demanding to halt the Nov. 30 executions of two Belarusian men, Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou, who were found guilty of the April 11 explosion on the Minsk subway (GV's Apr. 12 texts are here and here).

• Veronica Khokhlova

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