Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2011

December, 2011

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Stories from December, 2011

22 December 2011

Russia: Phone Hacking Case Unites Opposition

Written by Dmitry Davidov · Eastern & Central Europe

The leaking of private phone conversations of a prominent Russian opposition leader to the media has given rise to many issues and left a lot of questions unanswered. Dmitry Davidov reports.

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Italy, Senegal: Strong Reactions Follow Murder of 2 Senegalese Men in Florence

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Amanda Mc Lane · Western Europe

On December 13, Gianluca Casseri opened fired on a group of Senegalese in two outdoor markets in Florence. The horrific event resulted in the death of two street vendors from Senegal, as well as the perpetrator. Abdoulaye Bah reports on the country's reactions.

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Armenia: Activists Demand Controversial Governor's Dismissal

Written by Liana Aghajanian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Surik Khachatryan, the governor of Armenia's southern Syunik province, has been making headlines in the last month for all the wrong reasons. No stranger to controversy, activists are now demanding his dismissal.

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Kazakhstan: Reactions to Strike Crackdown as Police Brutality Video Emerges

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

Clashes in the town of Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, on December 16-17, 2011, when a labour strike suddenly broke out in violence, looting and arson leaving at least 14 dead and hundreds of civilians and policemen injured, have caused considerable debate online. Adil Nurmakov reports.

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Japan: Life Decisions in the Face of Radiation Fear

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

The decision to move away differs from the more reactive evacuations that occurred this spring after the initial nuclear disasters. A blogger who decided to stay calls for a more logical understanding of the nuanced undercurrents of our emotional struggles.

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Kuwait: Online Advocacy for the Stateless Bidoun

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa

Since hundreds of Kuwait's 100,000 strong Bidoun were attacked by police for protesting in support of others detained earlier in the year, a number of bloggers and international organizations have been stepping up their support for the stateless people in the hope of drawing attention to their plight.

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Updates from December, 2011

28 December 2011

Cuba

The blog El Microwave writes about the initiative #Twitsaneo [es], convened originally by El Taburete [es] and organized by a group of avid Cuban twitter users. #Twitsaneo was the name given to the event last December 26 when a group of people got together to clean sections of the coast of La Habana.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Pakistan

On 25th December, Imran Khan's political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), held a rally in Karachi. Kalsoom at Chup! - Changing Up Pakistan makes some observations about the event.

• Aparna Ray

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The music blog Puerto Rico Indie has launched “Archipiélago,” a series of videos of live sessions of some of the “best artists in the local music scene” in Puerto Rico. “Archipiélago 101″ features the band Campo-Formio.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Sri Lanka

Mahesan Niranjan at Groundviews writes a satire, with hard-hitting underpinnings, on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) set up by the Sri Lankan government - to look into the events of the Sri Lankan Civil War during the period between February 2002 and May 2009.

• Aparna Ray

Russia

Moscow Election Committee had issued an official letter to the Prosecutor's office and the police to start an investigation of probable defamation against Oleg Kozyrev, one of the top Russian bloggers, blogger reports [ru]. The letter is the reply to Kozyrev's complaint letter he had sent to the Committee earlier.

• Alexey Sidorenko