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Topic: Cyber-Activism

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Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Bolivia: Presidential Elections in Social Networks
Blogger Manuel Buitrago of Mabb analizes the prolific coverage of social networks at Bolivia [es] as the presidential elections...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Iran: Tensions Rise as Student Day Approaches
The Iranian opposition has planned a large demonstration for Monday, December 7 as Iran marks the annual Students Day. Online...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Iran: Tensions Rise as Student Day Approaches
The Iranian opposition has planned a large demonstration for Monday, December 7 as Iran marks the annual Students Day. Online...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Indonesia: Coins for justice
Prita Mulyasari, an Indonesian housewife who wrote an online complaint against a bad hospital service, was found guilty for...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Peru: Encounters with Taxi Driver Scams
Jacqueline shares on her blog two encounters in Lima [es] with the same taxi driver: on the first one she cried after hearing...
 
VHPEditor
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Peru: Encounters with Taxi Driver Scams
Jacqueline shares on her blog two encounters in Lima [es] with the same taxi driver: on the first one she cried after hearing...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Russia: Blogger Arrested For Pneumonic Plague Rumors
Ivan Peregorodiev, a 22-year-old medical student and blogger, has been arrested on December 3 for spreading rumors about...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Mexico: Finding the truth for abrogation of vehicle tax
Contributor El Alteño of blog Hazme el Chingado Favor confronts an e-mail chainletter against official sources regarding...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Mexico: Finding the truth for abrogation of vehicle tax
Contributor El Alteño of blog Hazme el Chingado Favor confronts an e-mail chainletter against official sources regarding...
 
Amos
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Climate Change Skeptics Incited by Leaked Emails
On the eve of the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, the scientific community that studies global warming has recently come under the spotlight. The reason: hundreds of emails and documents spanning exchanged between officials from the...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Trinidad & Tobago: The Importance of Human Rights
Trinidad and Tobago bloggers Tattoo and gspottt are critical of the Prime Minister's comments on human rights issues in his...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Ukraine: Charity
Stories of some Ukrainian street children who have received assistance at ChildRescue's rehabilitation center - at Scenes...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Brazil: Hacking for transparency and the right to information
Brazilians have started to debate their 'Right to Information'. While a bill has been introduced in the congress,...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Bahamas: Sick & Tired
Sidney Sweeting at Weblog Bahamas says that Bahamians “are sick and tired - sick of the rampant crime and tired of the...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Trinidad & Tobago: If Only…
In the third installment of her video series If I were Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Gab Hosein “takes on both...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Trinidad & Tobago: Gay Issues at CHOGM
gspottt says that “for the first time at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…in Trinidad & Tobago,...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Caribbean: World AIDS Day
Regional bloggers discuss World AIDS Day.
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Iran: Students surprised Ahmadinejad's advisor in Paris
Iranian students in Paris criticized Iranian government and its repression policy against Iranian students and opposition in a...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Iran: A blogger released, another arrested
Iranian authorities released Mohammad Ali Abtahi,former vice president and blogger on a $700,000 bail one week ago after his...
 
maria
maria posted a blog entry
circumcision
It was more than a year ago now that I made an offhand comment here about circumcision being genital mutilation. It snowballed...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Japan: Buy Nothing Day
tarted in 1992 in Canada by artist Ted Dave, the Buy Nothing Day movement [en] has spread to more than 60 countries around the...
 
VHPEditor
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Russia: Tatarstan Blogger Imprisoned For Almost 2 Years
On Sept. 12, 2008, Tatar blogger and journalist Irek Murtazin blogged about rumors of Tatarstan president Mintimir Shaimiev's...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Pakistan: Activism Against Gender Violence
Teeth Maestro highlights the efforts of Sunshine Welfare Organization (SWO), a group of committed young activists from Karachi...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
India Remembers Horrifying Mumbai Terror Attacks
One year ago, Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital came under a well- coordinated terrorist attack that lasted...
 
VHPEditor
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Russia: Website Administrator Faces Trial on Libelling
Alexander Batalov, a former administrator of the official Web site for the town of Irbit, faces libel charges for anonymous...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Russia: Website Administrator Faces Trial on Libelling
Alexander Batalov, a former administrator of the official Web site for the town of Irbit, faces libel charges for anonymous...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Egypt's First Adult Graphic Novel Officially Banned
Magdy El Shafee's adult graphic novel Metro has been banned in Egypt, following a court order. Bloggers and Facebook users...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Egypt: President Mubarak and the Egyptian Dignity
Egyptian Facebook users continue to discuss the ramifications of the aftermath of the Algeria vs Egypt football final, which...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Russia: Anti-fascists Mourn Murder of Activist Killed By Neo-Nazis
Hundreds of young anti-fascist gathered in the center of Moscow. They mourned the murder of Ivan Khutorskoy, an activist of...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Featured Author: Diego Casaes
Diego Casaes is a dedicated Global Voices author and translator from Salvador, Brazil. Much of Diego's writing on Global...
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
Bahrain: Israelis for Palestine
“It’s a great pleasure to introduce to you our latest project: Israelis for Palestine. This has been in the works since...