Illegal Mining in Ukraine
Region: UkraineBy Veronica Khokhlova Donetsk [1]-based blogger Stanislav Kmet (LJ user frankensstein) visited Severnyi, a decaying coal-mining village in eastern Ukraine, after a group of local residents emailed him asking for help i... more
Views: 769Czech Republic Roma Community Stand Firm Against Eviction
Region: Czech RepublicBy Daniela Kantorova In August 2012, the Ostrava City Hall issued a 24-hour eviction order to the owner of the 11 buildings at Přednádraží, asking him to evict all of the residents, giving as a reason an... more
Views: 832Prostitution: Abolish or Regulate? Part I
Region: BelgiumBy Emmanuelle Leroy Cerqueira Two hundred NGO's from across Europe gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels on December 4, 2012. They called for the abolition of prostitution [1] and presented outlines for a ... more
Views: 866Twitter:: “The First Defection Negotiation in History"
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicBy Leila Nachawati Rego Following reports that former Syrian spokesman Jihad Makdissi had fled to the US, on 25 December activist Rami Jarrah, [1] also known as Alexander Page, released private Twitter messages that sho... more
Views: 752Egypt: “So which article do you oppose?”
Region: EgyptBy Rayna St. Recent events in Egypt have demonstrated the deepening rift [1] between the ruling Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and an increasing proportion of the population. President Mohamed Morsi first issued a decree makin... more
Views: 645Censorship in Catalonia
Region: SpainWritten byJoan Antoni Guerrero Vall Translated by Daniel Bogre Udell Catalan journalist and Global Voices contributor Lali Sandiumenge recently decided to disassociate her blog on digital activism, Guerreros del... more
Views: 706Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti Death While in Custody
Region: IranBy Hooman Askary Iranian netizens have launched a major online storm [2] [fa] after the shocking news of a blogger's death in custody was first posted [3] [fa] by opposition websites. According to interviews [4] with Satt... more
Views: 881Better Sanitation Demanded in Rio de Janeiro
Region: Brazil
By Sara Moreira Sanitation is one of the central issues that will be addressed in the regional hackathon [1] [en] Developing Latin America [2] [en] on December 1 and 2, 2012. The work of one particular project in Brazil... more
Views: 730President Obama's African Legacy
Region: United States
By Rakotomalala With Barack Obama re-elected [1] to the Presidency of the United States for four years after the election of November 6, 2012, Africa is reviewing his legacy [2][fr]. This following his four years at the ... more
Views: 883Major Protests in Kuwait Led by Anonymous Twitter Account
Region: KuwaitBy Mona Kareem After witnessing its biggest protest [1], the anonymous organizers of the “Dignity March” called for another one. Tens of thousands showed up in the areas of Mishref and Sabah Al-Salem protes... more
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