Cuba: Who will the Pope Support?
Region: CubaWritten byRafael Gonzalez and Translated by Kathryn Morgan At 2:00 p.m local time on 26 March, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Santiago de Cuba, making this the second visit by a Supreme Pontiff of the... more
Views: 1022Cuba: Bloggers Continue to Speak Out about Papal Visit
Region: CubaWritten by Janine Mendes-Franco Pope Benedict XVI [1]'s upcoming trip to Cuba will be the first from the head of the Catholic church in more than a decade. As the pontiff's arrival draws ever closer, bloggers continu... more
Views: 1109Global Voices in Greek Celebrates 1,000 Posts
Region: GreeceWritten by Asteris Masouras Launched in March 2011, at a time of increasing hardships and intense international criticism for Greece due to the dramatically unfolding financial crisis [1], Global Voic... more
Views: 894Hungary: An Eventful Celebration of the National Holiday
Region: HungaryWritten by Marietta Le Last week, Hungary celebrated the 164th anniversary of the 1848 Revolution [1]. On March 15, 2012, the opposition elected a rapper as the ‘alternative president' - while the prime mi... more
Views: 1201Russia: “Anatomy of a Protest” Film Causes “NTV Lies” Scandal
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Veronica Khokhlova On Sunday, March 18, 2012, there were old TV sets [2], a mock coffin [3], and plenty of flowers [4] and cookies [5] outside the ... more
Views: 1319The Best of the Blogs Awards: Have You Submitted Your Blog?
Region: GermanyWritten by Claire Ulrich Have you submitted your blog, social media group, or online initiative to the 2012 Best of the Blogs Awards [1] (The BoBs)? The BoBs are an annual blog award organized by German in... more
Views: 926Africa: Interview With Africa Desk Officer at the Committee to Protect Journalists
Region: New YorkWritten by Abdoulaye Bah Abdoulaye Bah (AB): First of all, who is Mohamed Keita ? Mohammed Keita (MK): I run the Africa desk of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which is based in New-York. AB: What a... more
Views: 1204Saudi Arabia: Tweeting AlBajady's Hunger Strike
Region: Saudi ArabiaWritten by Mona Kareem Saudi netizens joined forces last night to tweet about the plight of Mohammed Albajady, a 34-year-old Saudi activist who has been imprisoned for a year with no charges and no fair trial and who has ... more
Views: 1124World: Global March Against the Syrian Dictator
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
Written by Leila Nachawati Rego This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011 [1]. In March 2011, when Syrians started taking to the streets [1]to demand freedom and justice, it ... more
Views: 1026Russia: The Early Days of Government Transparency
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Sven Hultberg Carlsson “Make your work available online.” It may seem a harmless demand, but in Russia it's more than that. Such a request led to Alexey Navalny [2], a famed an... more
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