Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Arts & Culture from June 2012

Below is a selection of some "views from the ground" - recent posts by Belarusian bloggers about the situation in the country and what it is like for ordinary people...

22 June 2012

Debate Over South Korea Forcing Blizzard to Give Diablo III Refunds

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · Quick Reads · East Asia

21 June 2012

Costa Rica: Thousands March in Capital for Human Rights

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Thousands marched in the capital of San José on June 16, claiming equal rights for same-sex couples, the legalization of In-Vitro Fertilization and the separation of State and Church.

Myanmar: Burmese Proverbs

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Azerbaijan: Musical Talent on YouTube

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Tunisia: Salafis Run Amok over ‘Blasphemous’ Art Works

Written by Ahmed Medien · Middle East & North Africa

A group of Salafists attacked an art exhibition, Le Printemps des Arts, in La Marsa, (north suburb of Tunis) destroying some of the art works deemed blasphemous to Islam. The...

Armenia: Bloggers Criticize Public TV Eurovision Coverage

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Forced to reluctantly broadcast the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, Armenia's Public TV used the occasion to continue the ongoing information and propaganda war against its...

Journeys Through Latin America

Written by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

Thanks to a collective of bloggers who are traveling through Latin America, readers from all over the world can get a glimpse of the many facets of this vast region....