Hong Kong Dock Workers Demand Pay Raise
Region: Hong KongWritten by Oiwan Lam An ongoing strike by Hong Kong dock workers [1] demanding a pay raise and protesting arduous working conditions is delivering a costly blow to the city's port operators and winning widespread ... more
Views: 793Georgia Shifts from a Presidential to a Parliamentary System
Region: GeorgiaPresident loses some powers, but his allies use vote to show they still count. By Sopho Bukia Parliament in Georgia has voted to change the constitution to restrict the powers... more
Views: 574Censorship Disclosed By Argentine Journalism Forum
Region: ArgentinaThe Argentinian Journalism Forum (FOPEA [1]) [1] [es] launched the 2012 edition of the Monitoreo de Libertad de Expresión [2] [es] (Freedom of Expression Monitor) in which 172 attacks on th... more
Views: 621Lebanon: Civil Marriage Legally Approved
Region: LebanonEarlier this year, Kholoud Succarieh and Nidal Darwich initiated Lebanon's first civil marriage [1]on Lebanese soil, in a country where only religious marriages could be contracted until then, and where civil status is ... more
Views: 661Innovative Approaches For Poverty Reduction
Region: FranceWritten by Julie Owono Global Voices bloggers have been commissioned [1] to liveblog the OECD Global Forum on Development [2] in Paris on April 4-5, 2013. Leading up to the meeting, our team is submitting posts about de... more
Views: 588Blogging Family on the Road
Region: GermanyWritten by Kasia Odrozek An interview with The Family Without Borders: Anna and Thomas Alboth, parents, travellers and bloggers [1] who've been around the Black Sea and around Central America with their two small daughter... more
Views: 1358Saudi Arabia: Threats to Block Internet Communication Tools
Region: Saudi ArabiaWritten by Amira Al Hussaini Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet [1], is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating comp... more
Views: 937China: Blogger Detained After Calling Attention to Dead Pigs
Region: ChinaWritten by Abby A Shanghai poet was detained for questioning by Chinese police after she posted to popular microblogging site Sina Weibo calling on her followers to take a stroll en masse along the Huangpu River... more
Views: 819Cyprus: Bailout Crisis Threatens Access to Banks
Region: CyprusIf you are in Cyprus, your life's savings hangs in the balance, as the government deliberates a controversial €10 billion [1]bailout agreement reached with the Eurogroup [2] that puts the country's saving deposi... more
Views: 574Erotica from Angola
Region: AngolaWritten by Janet Gunter Rosie Alves is a young Angolan blogger and “cronista” living in Luanda. The crónica is a Portuguese writing form that is very suited to blogging – originally published in... more
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