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Kuwait (03.02.2012 17:43h): Parliamentary Election Marred by Violence
Today,3 February,2012,Kuwait will hold its parliamentary elections divided by five electoral districts,a system that was only passed in 2006 in response to blogger-led protests. At the beginning of December 2011,two year-long protests previous led to the replacement of Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed with his cousin Jaber Al-Mubarak and to the dissolution of the parliament for the fourth time since Al-Mohammed was first appointed. Since then,candidates have been working their ways towards reaching voters. Tribal rage Mohammed Al-Juwaihel,a candidate who tried his luck last elections but was removed for bribing voters,has always been ... [Link] [Cache]
North Korea (03.02.2012 16:48h): Two Japanese Indicted for Exporting PC to North Korea
North Korea Tech blog wrote about two Japanese people who were indicted for exporting personal computers to North Korea,thereby violating the Japanese government’s trade sanctions. Written by Lee Yoo Eun ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Senegal (03.02.2012 05:07h): A Week of Living Dangerously
[Note:This post was written by our author in Senegal before the dramatic events of January 31,2012,which will be adressed in a follow-up article. All links are in French unless stated otherwise] On January 31,2012,in Senegal,the opposition will take to the streets to protest a third term for incumbent President Wade. On January 27,the Constitutional Council of Senegal decided on the final list of candidates for the presidential elections on 26 February. The five elders on the council have accepted the nomination of Abdoulaye Wade,who is seeking a third term,an action considered ... [Link] [Cache]
Brazil (02.02.2012 06:13h): Homeless squatters await eviction in São Paulo city center
In the aftermath of the Pinheirinho eviction in São Paulo state,police will be evicting a homeless squatter settlement in a disused building in downtown São Paulo this morning. According to the Frente de Luta por Moradia,a social movement @LutaMoradia ,a court ruled the city must provide for ‘basic necessities'of the evicted. Written by Janet Gunter ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Russia (01.02.2012 22:08h): Ulyanovsk Blogger Wins Libel Case Against Governor
Ulyanovsk-based blogger Oleg Sofyin LJ-user lis73 won a court case against Ulyanovsk governor Svetlana Openysheva,lenta.ru reports [ru]. Openysheva tried to sue Sofyin for publishing a post where he described a phone call during which someone named Azat threatened him if he will continue to post critical articles about Openysheva. Despite winning the case,blogger writes [ru] that people fear to support him because they're afraid of possible consequences. Written by Alexey Sidorenko ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Ukraine (01.02.2012 01:39h): Authorities Shut Down File-Sharing Site Ex.ua
On Jan. 31,the Ukrainian authorities shut down Ex.ua,a popular file-sharing site. A selection of relevant tweets [en,uk,ru] is here:e.g.,@sinplotnika [ru]:“The state has deprived you of bread,now it's also decided to take the show [entertainment] away.”;@Urshulia [uk]:“For me,the loss of Ex.ua is the loss of the alternative to TV. […]”;@rlasuria [ru]:“Is Ex.ua [shutdown] #SOPA tricks? ”. More details and comments - at TorrentFreak;reader Taras writes:“In Ukraine movie on BlueRay costs $40 when minimal salary is $120.”Following Ex.ua's shutdown,the Interior Ministry's site has been down ... [Link] [Cache]
Russia (24.01.2012 19:54h): Community of Election Observers Launched
Creators of popular citizen crowdsourcing projects RosYama and RosPil Alexey Navalny and Georgiy Alburov launch a new project RosVybory [ru],a community of election observers. Users submit their data to the website,then project moderators apply for the necessary observer documents and send registered users to the nearby voting ballots. Written by Alexey Sidorenko ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Mozambique (23.01.2012 12:36h): Mayor Shares Photos of Storm Damage on Facebook
Newly elected mayor Manuel de Araújo of Mozambican city Quelimane shared photos on Facebook of the damage,flooding and suffering caused by tropical storm Funso in his coastal home. Last week another heavy storm,Dando,caused serious flooding in the capital city of Maputo,displacing hundreds. Written by Janet Gunter ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Madagascar (23.01.2012 10:52h): Exiled Former President Ravalomanana Refused Return
Crowd awaiting the landing of the flight by Avylavitra Marc Ravalomanana,Madagascar’s former President,has been in exile in Johannesburg,South Africa,since leaving the country in February 2009. He attempted Saturday,January 21,2012 to return to the country,after failing to board a plane back home in February 19,2011,when Andry Rajoelina,who toppled him after a coup,issued several NOTAMs prohibiting him from landing in the capital city's airport,Ivato. Twitterers followed events live,using the special twitter hashtag #M21112. Here is a timeline of the event as told by twitter users. Twitterers noticed the arrival ... [Link] [Cache]
Yemen (22.01.2012 09:09h): Saleh Gets Impunity After All
This post is part of our special coverage Yemen Protests 2011. Five times after delaying discussion on a controversial immunity law,parliament endorsed the law granting outgoing Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh total immunity from legal and judicial prosecution yesterday. The law grants Saleh complete immunity for any crimes committed during his rule,including the killing of protesters since the beginning of the popular uprising against his regime in February. The law prior to it's amended version had also given complete immunity to everyone who served Saleh's governments throughout his rule,yet it was changed on Thursday to grant them ... [Link] [Cache]
Russia (20.01.2012 18:50h): Security Services Put Pressure on Parents of the Protest Group Moderator
Ilya Klishin,creator of the Facebook groups that organized Russians to participate in Bolotnaya [ru] and Sakharov protest demonstrations,wrote [ru] that his mother had received a call from FSB Federal Security Services and his father was summoned to the local police department. Later he added [ru] that he might be accused of inciting ethnic hatred. “It is a Kafkian case…since I've consistently against fascism,Nazism,and any kinds of xenophobia,”wrote Klishin. Written by Alexey Sidorenko ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Pakistan (17.01.2012 01:35h): In The Time of Rumors
Recently the rumors about a military coup were being pushed along by TV channels and were all over on social media in Pakistan,especially on Twitter. The hashtag #PakistanPM was trending globally. The Twitterati were informing each other about the latest developments on the political front in the country. @AtikaRehmn Atika Rehman:Breaking- PM Gilani fires Defense Secretary #Pakistan @foreignhina HRK:Defense secretary fired,ISPR fired up. How banana is my republic? Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. Image by Rajput Yasir. Hyderabad,Pakistan. Copyight © Demotix. 12th January 2012. On January 11,2012 Wednesday,Prime Minister Syed ... [Link] [Cache]
Lebanon (16.01.2012 18:20h): Building Collapses in Ashrafieh
Najib is reporting about the collapse of a building in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Beirut. Rescue workers are removing rubble while trying to save about 30 inhabitants who were in the building when it fell. Written by Moussa Bashir ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Madagascar (16.01.2012 14:03h): After the Land Grab Affair,Is Daewoo Back in the Country ?
Sam posts an open letter to Andry Rajoelina written by Mamy Rakotondrainibe that demands more transparency on the return of Daewoo Logistics in the economy of Madagascar [fr]. Mahefa Rakotomalala provides more context on this return [fr]. The South Korean company is notorious for an attempted land grab deal that provoked the fall of former president Ravalomanana. Other land deals are still supposedly in the work in Madagascar. Written by Lova Rakotomalala ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Video Highlights (16.01.2012 00:27h): Activism,Freedom of Speech,Identity and Culture
This section aims to showcase interesting and recent posts in Global Voices that show the many ways in which videos are helping people tell stories all around the world. You can follow the activity by regions in our YouTube channel or by clicking on the regional header links. Middle East North Africa: Yemen:The Amazing Life March Arrives in Sanaa From Yemen we have the amazing story of the historic 264km Life March,which is the longest since Mahatma Gandhi's 390km long Salt March in 1930. During the Life March,villages and towns came together to give food and drink ... [Link] [Cache]
Myanmar (13.01.2012 04:07h): Video Reporter Released from Prison
A reporter from the Democratic Voice of Burma is among the political prisoners released today by the Myanmar government. The reporter was given an 18-year prison term for documenting a grenade attack in the capital. Written by Mong Palatino ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Brazil (06.01.2012 16:37h): Military Police Strike and Looting Cause Panic in Fortaleza
Update Jan. 4,2012:Strikers and the government reached an agreement early in the morning,and the military police returned to work. Concurrently,however,the civil police decided to strike for better wages,for which they have been protesting for five months. –[All links in this post lead to Portuguese language pages except when otherwise noted.] On the eve of the New Year's festivities,the population in the state of Ceará,Brazil,was taken by surprise with a strike by the military police and firefighters. Propagating both facts and rumors surrounding the violence,the hashtag #CaosEmFortaleza ChaosInFortaleza has ... [Link] [Cache]
Cameroon (04.01.2012 21:28h): Violent Clashes Between Motorbike Taxi Drivers and Douala Citizens
On December 31,2011,in the popular district of Deido in Douala,the economic capital of Cameroon,riots broke out between the inhabitants of the district and motorbike taxi drivers,also know as “benskiners”. The violence is ongoing according to this article in the daily newspaper Le Jour and several testimonies by Cameroonian netizens. Elie Kopter explains the reason for the riots on Facebook [fr]:un jeune homme de deido rentrait de boîte avec sa copine 05h du mat ;elle se fait arracher son sac à main par le passager d'une mototaxi et comme son copain tentait de s'interposer ... [Link] [Cache]
Singapore (04.01.2012 13:20h): Ministers to Take a Pay Cut
Singapore's government ministers are some of the highest paid in the world,with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong famously earning more than Barack Obama,David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy combined. Although the government has often defended the high salaries,saying that it attracts the best talent and prevents corruption,their pay packets have gained the resentment of many Singaporeans,further fueling accusations of the divide between the governing elite and the people. High ministerial pay was a hot issue in the 2011 General Elections,and after the ruling People's Action Party PAP won with their lowest vote share in history,... [Link] [Cache]
Betsy Galbreath (04.01.2012 01:27h): Peruvians Debate Possible Pardon for Alberto Fujimori
One of the most debated topics right now in Peru,especially on social networks,is the possibility that ex-President Alberto Fujimori,who is serving a sentence of 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity and corruption,may receive a humanitarian pardon from President Ollanta Humana,based on alleged poor health. This is not the first time that this issue has divided Peruvians,and this time it has resurfaced after the announcement that supporters and family members of the ex-president were considering a formal request for clemency after Christmas,claiming that his health was precarious. His son,Kenji Fujimori,Congress ... [Link] [Cache]
Yemen (30.12.2011 15:55h): Should the US Grant Saleh a Visa?
This post is part of our special coverage Yemen Protests 2011. A recent buzz among tweeps following Yemen news has been the issue of Honorary President Ali Abdullah Saleh's plans to travel to the US. In a Press conference,Saleh declared that he is fine and doesn't need any medical treatment,he plans to travel to the US to be away from Yemen during the elections. An election with one presidential nominee,since the parliament with 80 members present only decided to close presidential nominations and recommended Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi as the only candidate! When asked asked ... [Link] [Cache]
Chile (30.12.2011 14:40h): Netizens Report and React to Torres del Paine Wildfire
For days,a wildfire has been consuming thousands of hectares in national park Torres del Paine in Chile's Patagonia. Netizens are sharing reports and reacting to the news through #salvemostorresdelpaine [es] let's save Torres del Paine and ‘Torres del Paine'[es] on Twitter. Written by Silvia Viñas ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
South Korea (30.12.2011 03:54h): Respected Leader of Korean Democratic Movement Dies
Kim Geun-tae,a leading South Korean democracy activist,died December 30,2011 at the age of 64 from a brain disease. More than three thousand net users have already paid their deep condolences in Daum Agora page [ko],the nation's most famous public forum. Kim was repeatedly tortured and jailed under authoritarian regimes. Written by Lee Yoo Eun ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
China (30.12.2011 03:14h): Police border control servers got hacked
Feng37 from the Nanfang.com reports on the hacking of the Entry-Exit Department of the Guangdong Public Security Bureau PSB which has resulted in the leaking of 4.44 million pieces of information on the legal names,passport and ID numbers,dates of birth,home addresses and telephone numbers of those who have passed the border. Written by Oiwan Lam ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Puerto Rico (28.12.2011 18:48h): Investigating Monsanto
The Center of Investigative Journalism published a three-part series on the little known operation in Puerto Rico of the multinational biotechnology corporation Monsanto,the principle producer of genetically engineered seeds. Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle ·comments 2 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
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