Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2011

December, 2011

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Stories from December, 2011

11 December 2011

Russia: “Why Are Russians Protesting Now?”

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe

On Saturday, the world watched the biggest show of political activism seen in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. This is hardly the first time Putin's Russia has been accused of undemocratic policies, so the question is, "Why are Russians protesting now?"

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10 December 2011

Philippines: “Occupy” Protests Overcome Police Brutality

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

Police violently dispersed the 'Occupy-like' protest of youth groups in the Philippines but the 'Campout' continued for several days near the presidential palace and managed to draw thousands of young people in the streets.

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India: Kapil Sibal vs. the Netizens on Filtering Social Media

Written by Sanjukta · South Asia

The Indian Union Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has asked Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo to pre-screen derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory content about political leaders and religion. What followed was a wave of insult, ridicule and sarcasm.

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Zambia: President Sata Accuses Central Bank of Printing Fake Money

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

The recent dramatic disclosures of corruption in Zambia have been met with mixed reactions with some netizens supporting the government's actions while others expressly disapprove of the way the president is handling national affairs.

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9 December 2011

Tanzania: Blogging and Tweeting Tanzania@50

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

The mainland part of the United Republic of Tanzania, Tanganyika, has turned 50. Bloggers and Twitter users are celebrating and reflecting on the future of Tanzania.

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D.R. of Congo: Congolese Diaspora Erupts Against Kabila

Written by Julie Owono · Sub-Saharan Africa

While the DR of Congo awaits the final tally of the presidential and parliamentary elections, the Congolese Diaspora, although not allowed to vote, has shown its commitment to making its voice heard. Julie Owono reports.

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Updates from December, 2011

20 December 2011

Barbados

Barbados Underground offers an analysis of the “headache” created for Prime Minister Freundel Stuart by a now notorious leaked letter allegedly demonstrating his party's doubts about the PM's leadership. “Whatever he does must positively feed public perception that he is in charge of his men. The question is: will it be enough to sway the voter?”

• Nicholas Laughlin

Angola

See Africa is a new blog focusing on Africa: “Every week, I will be updating this blog with beautiful images of Africa which many people have not seen. I admit that Africa faces a lot of challenges but the blog will not be reporting on those because I believe the mainstream media have already done justice to that.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Mexico

The video by 11.11 Social Change is simple: Mexican children sit in front of two dolls identical save for two things: one is light skinned and blue-eyed and the other is dark skinned and brown eyed. Then they are asked to pick which one of the dolls is ugly, nice, pretty, good, bad and finally, which doll looks like them. Their candid and honest answers show a discouraging panorama.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Chile

Cristian Nuñez (@HombredeRadio), using the hashtag #Navidad140Iqq [es], invites Twitter users from Iquique (in northern Chile) to gather at 1:30 am on December 25 to hand out Christmas presents to the homeless and to children living in vulnerable situations. He shares more details in online citizen newspaper El Boyaldía [es].

• Silvia Viñas

El Salvador

Tim's El Salvador Blog explains a progressive tax reform passed by El Salvador's National Assembly: “Prior to these reforms, El Salvador had a particularly regressive tax system.”

• Silvia Viñas

Mexico

The blog Just the Facts reports on what three WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America) staff members saw in the El Paso-Juárez border zone: “We found two cities that, while separated only by a narrow river, are rapidly growing further apart.”

• Silvia Viñas

Pakistan

Referring to Pakistan Army's propaganda war in 1971, The Terrorland comments: “Pakistani generals have never learned from the past! Today, they are repeating the same criminal strategy in Balochistan as journalists from other parts of the country can’t go in that province for reporting.”

• Rezwan

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