Russia: “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: 1312Russia: Fake US Ambassador Twitter Account Wreaks Havoc During Vote
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Donna Welles The March 4, 2012, Russian presidential election played out as many predicted: Vladimir Putin emerged with the majority of the vote. Given that a major theme of this election season is the... more
Views: 944Saudi 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: 1119Russia: The “Big White Circle” Protest in Moscow
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Veronica Khokhlova On Sunday, February 26, 2012, thousands of people gathered in central Moscow for the Big White Circle [2] protest, forming a human chain [3] along most of the le... more
Views: 1692Iran: Letter from Jailed Blogger Details “Blue Sky of Pain”
Region: IranWritten by Fred Petrossian Dr. Mehdi Khazali [1], a jailed Iranian blogger, publisher and government critic, wrote [2] a letter this month from prison describing a “blue sky of pain”... more
Views: 981Tesco And The 'Best- Before' Date Dilemma
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
On its website, the multinational retailer Tesco claims it is “always trying to make (its customers) shop easier.” However, on Friday afternoon, one of its customers witnessed a practice tha... more
Views: 2089Poland and ACTA: Gossip Portal Accuses Mainstream Media of Ignorance
Region: Poland
Written by Katarzyna Odrozek “In what kind of country are we living and how pathetic are the media here, if an article like this had to be written by an internet portal with a poodle in their logo?&nbs... more
Views: 1253Hungary: Goodbye, Malév!
Region: HungaryWritten by Marietta Le Malév, Hungary's state airline since 1946, ceased operation on February 3, 2012, due to bankruptcy. According to news reports [hu], even the airline's employees ... more
Views: 1192Côte 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: 884Sri Lankan Govt.To Amend Motor Traffic Act
Region: Sri LankaThe Cabinet has decided to amend Motor Traffic Act to enable imposing of spot fines on those who are violating Vehicle Seat Belt Law Cabinet Spokesman ,Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has said today (02) during ... more
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