Panama: Indigenous Mining Protest Blocks Pan-American Highway
Region: Panama
Written by Ariel Moreno and Translated by Betsy Galbreath Todo lo acordado con los indígenas ha sido cumplido. Ahora elementos foráneos desean que no haya hidroeléctricas. Eso hará tripl... more
Views: 105Russia: Day of Protests Divides Citizens
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Alexey Sidorenko Despite temperatures of -20 degrees, thousands of Russians went out to the streets to participate in election manifestations. Many, organised online, were protesting against the current elect... more
Views: 181Côte d'Ivoire: Hackers Threaten Intelligence Agency Upon Arrest of Journalist
Region: Cote D'ivoireWritten by Julie Owono Managing editor of Ivorian newspaper Le Patriote, Charles Sanga, was arrested on January 31, 2012 after his newspaper revealed that the Constitutional Court of Côte d'Ivoire decid... more
Views: 204Cambodia: Mass Fainting in Garment Factories
Region: Cambodia
Written by Mong Palatino The Asia Floor Wage network is organizing Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal [1] on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment wo... more
Views: 289Spanish-Speaking Twittersphere Fumes Over Announcement
Region: SpainWritten by Juan Arellano and Translated by L. Finch Twitter's announcement [1], published on January 26, 2012, which revealed that due to its international growth it will res... more
Views: 273South Africa: Student Anti-Racism Poster Causes a Stir
Region: South AfricaWritten by Ismail Dhorat The Democratic Alliance Students Organisation [1] (DASO) recently released a controversial poster [2] as part of their anti-racism campaign. The “In OUR future, you wouldn't lo... more
Views: 306India: New Challenges to Fight Tuberculosis Worldwide
Region: India
Written by Christine Mehta This page is part of our special coverage Global Development [1]. The Indian media and blogosphere have been locked in fierce battle over two words: “extensively,&... more
Views: 307United Kingdom: #TwitterKurds Organize First Social Media Gathering in London
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Written by Nigar Hacizade A group of Kurdish Internet activists that have been organizing around the #TwitterKurds hashtag on Twitter have come together for the first Kurdish Social Media Gathering earlier this month in... more
Views: 366Australia Day: Fury Follows Aboriginal Tent Embassy Protest
Region: Australia
Written by Kevin Rennie Australia Day ceremonies are usually the dullest of events. But not when Australia’s political leaders are together just walking distance from a gathering at the contentious Aborigina... more
Views: 484Serbia: The Media War Against Angelina Jolie
Region: SerbiaWritten by Sasa Milosevic Not so long ago Angelina Jolie was “more concerned” [1] about the reception of her directorial debut movie, ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey [2]‘, ... more
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