Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Ethnicity & Race from January 2009

Amsterdam Appeals Court decided that Geert Wilders, Dutch MP, will be put on trial for his views on Islam. Wilders, and his movie had caused a huge anger wave last...

Barbados, U.S.A.: True Identity

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Armenia: Ultra-nationalists

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

Estonia: Skinheads

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

22 January 2009

Russia: Migration Issues

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Armenia: Homophobic Media

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

Armenia-Turkey: Genocide Historian Responds

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

Armenia: Musings

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

Israel: A Russian Photojournalist's Notes

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Central Asia & Caucasus

Dmitry Kostyukov (LJ user kostyukov), a Russian photojournalist, is currently on assignment in Israel. In August 2008, he was covering the war in South Ossetia, and in his posts from...

21 January 2009

Azerbaijan: Day of Tragedy

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

Caribbean: Obama's Day

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Like the rest of the world, the eyes of the Caribbean were on Washington, DC yesterday, as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United...

Azerbaijan: Black January

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

As much of the world celebrated the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, Azerbaijan mourned the 19th anniversary of an event which ultimately led...