Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 December 02

2 December 2011

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Stories from 2 December 2011

Macedonia: NGOs and Netizens Prevent Undemocratic Youth Law

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

The withdrawal of the undemocratic Draft Law on Youth from the parliamentary procedure indicates that the otherwise stubborn authorities can be persuaded not to do more harm if the civil society, social media users and international organizations work together. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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Caribbean: Thoughts on World AIDS Day

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

December 1, was World AIDS Day. Bloggers from the Caribbean have weighed in with their own thoughts about and support for the ongoing battle against HIV and AIDS.

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Zambia: How Netizens Observed World AIDS Day

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zambian netizens on various social media sites observed the World Aids Day, which falls on December 1, with a call for people to know their HIV status. Zambians, who say “if you are not infected, you are affected” know better about the effects of HIV/AIDS which has for the last 30 years claimed many lives in the country.

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Slovakia: Visualising Business Registry Data with Vorsr.sk

Written by Jakub Górnicki · Eastern & Central Europe

Vorsr.sk is a tool for visual exploration of Slovakia's business registry. It treats the information as one big social network, grabbing the newest data live and delivering up-to-date connections of searched for individuals. This interview features the project's Co-founder Michal Habala.

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Updates from 2 December 2011

Slovenia

Updates on the upcoming Dec. 4 parliamentary elections - by Dr. Filomena and Sleeping With Pengovsky (here, here, here, and here). Pengovsky concludes: “The way it looks right now, Janša seems poised to win on 4 December. However whether or not he will be able to form a coalition remains a mystery […].”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Sri Lanka

Colombo Property developments are not well managed and the values are inconsistent, opines Indi.ca.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

A.I. Sajib participated in the first Dhaka Tweetup and writes all about it.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

Monirul Alam appeals to his blog readers to help a lost boy find his parents.

• Rezwan

Protest

Robab who objects the raid on UK compounds in Tehran, says [Fa]: “Thanks God that they got satisfied with 4 hours of taking UK hostages, and it didn't reach 444 days that 52 Americans were held hostage“.

• Hadi Nili

Colombia

Cineaoloido points us to this documentary [es] on the social and economical impact that the people of Santa Elena near Medellin have experienced since the opening of a massive ecotouristic park in their community.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Iran

Amir Bayani writes in Article 19 “Mohammad Javad Larijani of Iran’s Judiciary (the head of the human rights council in the judiciary) gave the world reassurance that we have fair judicial procedures in Iran…It just occurred to me that maybe he is an alien, just landed somewhere in Iran.”

• Fred Petrossian

Cuba

Uncommon Sense reports on the latest activity in the Occupy Cuba movement, here and here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

In the wake of a fire at a chemical warehouse, Barbados Free Press says: “This week’s spill disaster again reminds us that when it comes to environmental standards, laws and performance, our leaders have made us a third world country.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Mexico

On December 3 and 4, 2011, developers, designers, academics and other experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay, will participate in “Desarrollando América Latina” [es] (Developing Latin America), a 30 hour open data hackathon to develop web applications that help solve social problems related to education, public budgets, and security. Some bloggers, like Juan Arellano [es] from Peru and Fabrizio Scrollini [es] from Uruguay, have previewed the event from their country's perspective.