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Israeli and Palestinian youth use video to understand the conflict

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Juliana Rincón Parra - Nov. 07 (Opinion) - Two different organizations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are using video tools to help both Arabic and Jewish youth to understand the conflict and bridge gaps between them, creating spaces for interaction and communication where they can share their dreams, concerns and thoughts regarding the complex situation they live in.

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Pakistan: The Kerry Lugar Bill

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Faisal Kapadia - Oct. 14 (News Analysis) - The Kerry Luger bill is essentially a non military aid package granted to Pakistan by the U.S in view of its precarious economic condition due to its indulgence in the war on terror as a front line allied state. This bill grants Pakistan $1.5 billion annually for five years and comes along with stringent conditions on how to distribute and invest this money.

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Kenya: Waiting for El Nino

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Samuel Maina - Oct. 09 (Special Report) - Kenyans are waiting for the El Nino rains anticipated between now and December 2009 with mixed feelings. Inasmuch as the El Nino is itself a natural disaster that in it's ‘moderate' form is expected to displace at least 100,000 people and leave 750,000 in need of humanitarian aid according to IRIN, most Kenyans actually want [...]

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Puerto Rico: Debate on Censorship

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Firuzeh Shokooh Valle - Sep. 21 (Opinion) -

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Pakistan: Death On Reality Show

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Sep. 05 (Opinion) - The death of a Pakistani reality show participant has been subjected to hot debate in the Pakistani Blogosphere. Saad khan was participating in a stunt, which was being shot in Bangkok, and that involved swimming through a lake while carrying 7kgs of weight. According to eyewitness accounts, Khan seemed to face difficulty and shouted for help before disappearing underwater.

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Pakistan: Ex President’s Trial – Treason Or Revenge?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 31 (Opinion) - Now a year after the resignation the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Sharif) (PML-N), a leading political party, insists on putting Musharraf on trial for treason. Continuous demands have been made from the PML-N which are met with side-stepping from the Government considering the risk of a political fallout.

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Bangladesh: Mourning Senator Edward Kennedy

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Rezwan - Aug. 27 (Opinion) - Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009), the second most senior member of the US Senate, died of cancer last Tuesday. Bloggers recall him as a true friend of Bangladesh and explain why Bangladeshis will remember him forever.

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Pakistan: Independence Day Celebrations

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - Aug. 16 (Opinion) - These gestures are symbols that many in our society are aware of their rights, and that for them the Independence Day means a lot more than just a celebratory gesture. Celebrating Independence Day is not only hoisting flags, painting green and enchanting slogans; it goes much deeper to the very roots of ‘freedom and right to exist (co-exist) as a society.

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Pakistan: Lawyers On A Rampage

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 13 (News Analysis) - The recent news of some lawyers harassing members of civil society, journalists and the police has raised a lot of eyebrows. Pakistani bloggers remember the heroic role of these men of law in the inspirational and much successful Lawyers movement and question these actions.

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Pakistan: Condemning Gojra Riots

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 05 (News Analysis) - Last Saturday riots broke out in the Gojra town of Pakistan over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran and houses of the local Christian community were set on fire leaving 7 burnt alive and 18 severely injured. The widespread communal violence has been condemned severely by the Pakistani blogosphere.

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Pakistan: Justice Served?

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Faisal Kapadia - Aug. 04 (Opinion) - The judiciary of Pakistan recently took a big step. On the 31st of July, Friday, it ruled that the previous president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf's actions on 3rd of November, 2007, i.e. declaring an emergency and sending the entire supreme court first home and then under house arrest, are unconstitutional and illegal.

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Pakistan: Handling The Return Of Refugees

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 01 (News Analysis) - The Government of Pakistan has finally announced a schedule for the Swat refugees outlining their return to home. Pakistani bloggers feel that a lot more needs to be done to ensure their safety and for their rehabilitation.

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Turkey: Google Banned

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Deborah Ann Dilley - Jul. 15 (Opinion) - Turkey and My Foreign Perspectives reports that yet another lawsuit has been filed in Turkey that has resulted in the banning of another web service: Google.com. She adds “Do these silly courts not understand how they impair their people from becoming more educated and doing better business by blocking the very resources needed to build

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Bloggers React to Obama’s Speech in Ghana

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Ndesanjo Macha - Jul. 12 (Opinion) - President Barack Obama made his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa and delivered a speech in Accra, Ghana on July 11. The speech has drawn reactions from bloggers around Africa and abroad. Here are some discussions in the blogosphere about the message he had for Africa. For a full transcript of his speech, visit Rafiki Kenya. Chiume has a link to the Swahili version of his speech on his twitter page.

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Mexico: Water Shortages Affecting Nearly 2 Million Residents

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Issa Villarreal - Jun. 22 (Opinion) - Nearly two million citizens have been affected by the recent reduction of water services in the Valley of Mexico. According to Mexican Newspaper El Universal [es], the Cutzamala System, which manages 20% of the drinking water for the valley, is not working at full capacity and cannot supply its own region: 10 districts from the Federal District and 13 municipalities from State of Mexico.

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Iran: Protesters break a taboo and defy Khamenei

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Hamid Tehrani - Jun. 20 (Special Report) - One day after Islamic Republic Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced protests and warned reformist leaders against taking to the streets, thousands of people demonstrated in Tehran. They were joined by others in several cities across Iran in ignoring Khamenei's order and voicing their anger against the June 12 presidential election results. They clashed with Iranian police who used tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.

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Iran: Protests and Repression

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Hamid Tehrani - Jun. 16 (Opinion) - Although Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are currently blocked in Iran, many Iranians have been using proxies to bypass filters and report up-to-the-minute news. Iranian authorities have also blocked SMS text messages, and are also filtering several news websites reflecting reformist opinions.

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Indonesia: Jailed For Complaining

Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Carolina Rumuat - May. 31 (News Report) - The case of Prita Mulyasari, a mother of two, is currently the hot topic among Indonesian bloggers. She wrote an online complaint letter [id] against a private hospital in Tangerang, one of Jakarta's suburban areas, and now she is being charged for violating chapter 27 verse 3 of the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (UU ITE) [id]. Prita shared her experience of being maltreated by the hospital on a mailing-list. The hospital took legal action against her. That online complaint may result into six years jail term and maximum fine of 1 billion Rupiah (nearly US$ 98,000).

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Brazil: Judicial decisions, a growing threat to online freedom

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Paula Goes - Apr. 23 (Opinion) - The main problem in Brazil, and according to the findings a growing threat, is judicial decisions leading to content censorship. Along with the United Kingdom and Turkey, the country faces a high number of violations of user rights from the threat of prosecution for libel and defamation.

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Israel: Reflecting on Israeli-Palestinian Relations

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Maya Norton - Apr. 18 (Opinion) - The mood in the Israeli blogosphere is contemplative. Perhaps it is the conclusion of the Passover holiday that celebrates freedom from oppression or just that Israelis have had quiet time to spend with their families, but a number of posts about relationships between Israelis and Palestinians have recently dotted the blogosphere's landscape.

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Lula and Obama meet as economic crisis hits Brazil

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Paula Góes - Mar. 15 (Review) - After nearly two hours of private conversation, the last half hour of the meeting was open to the press and broadcast live in Brazil. Many bloggers have reacted quickly to the meeting and not without a pinch of sarcasm. This has been the predominant tone when it comes to talking about the financial trouble since President Lula claimed that the world's worst economic crisis since the 1930s would hit other countries like a tsunami but would just be like a “tiny wave” at home. José Pires [pt] is among them, commenting on the “lessons Lula has taught Obama”:

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Appointment of Saudi Arabia’s First Female Deputy Minister Makes Waves

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Eunice del Rosario - Feb. 16 (News Report) - Meet Noura Al Fayez, teacher extraordinaire, a product of the US education system, who last Saturday became the first ever woman deputy minister in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Bloggers around the globe were abuzz as soon as the news of Al Fayez broke, with thousands of ‘Twitterers’ microblogging about the new official literally minutes after networks, including Saudi state-run Channel One, reported it on Saturday.

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Palestine: Assessing the Aftermath in Gaza

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Ayesha Saldanha - Jan. 19 (News Analysis) - On Sunday evening the Israel Defense Forces began a troop withdrawal from Gaza, following three straight weeks of attacks. Israel's unilateral ceasefire was announced earlier in the day, and met with an offer for a one-week ceasefire from Hamas, the full text of which is here. Bloggers in Gaza, able to safely leave their homes for the first time in weeks, are mulling over the events of the day.

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Palestine: Israeli Troops Enter Residential Areas of Gaza City

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Ayesha Saldanha - Jan. 16 (Opinion) - Thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing from Gaza City as IDF troops have entered residential areas. A number of the foreign activists in Gaza were helping at Al Quds hospital when it came under attack, and managed to disseminate reports of what was going on. We hear from them and other bloggers in this roundup of Gaza blogs during the last 24 hours.

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Gaza Strip Bombings 2008-09

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - Jan. 15 (Opinion) - The six month truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip mediated by Egypt ended on December 19. Following the end of that ceasefire, tensions and violence escalated between Israel and Hamas. On December 27, airstrikes by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) hit over 40 Hamas targets in Gaza. According to early reports, the airstrikes killed at least 225 people and wounded around 700, in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict between Israel and Palestine. The bombardment set off angry demonstrations in Israel's Arab towns and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as well as protests in countries around the region.

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