Stories about Protest from June, 2007
Singapore: Carrying More Cash
Singapore's widely used electronic payment vendor has decided to raise the service charge. Mr. Brown is not too pleased with the decision. “But I'm still going to go back to cash. Cash is better anyway. You spend less, you are more aware of the money you have in your wallet...
Myanmar: House Arrest Yourself for a Day
Moe Moe is asking readers to support US Campaign for Burma's plan to stay locked up for 24 hours, on June 16 or 17, as though you were under house arrest in support of the Aung San Suu Kyi. The ruling junta in Myanmar recently extended the pro-democracy leader's house...
Thailand: Street Protest Pictures from Bangkok
The Lost Boy has pictures from the latest pro-democracy protest in Bangkok. “Several thousand people had once again gathered, many standing around drinking from cans of beer or else sitting on plastic sheets sold be vendors, for the latest in a series of daily protests by an assortment of groups...
China: Taiwanese tycoon behind Xiamen PX
Chong from interlocals translated an article from Yazhou Zhoukan about the background of the notorious Taiwanese tycoon operating behind the Xiamen PX project. Earlier in June, Xiamen citizens demonstrated against the construction of the chemical factory campus.
China: Student Riot in Zhengzhou
Peijin Chen summaries reports on the recent student riot in Zhengzhou: After a seven hour stand-off the streets were cleared; five students were detained, the injured girl is receiving treatment at a local hospital and six city inspectors were investigated and will receive punishment for actions relating to the incident.
Thailand: Anti-Censorship Resources Distributed
Fed up with the recurring censorship of web sites in Thailand, the anti-censorship group FACT (Freedom Against Censorship Thailand) has started distributing a CD titled “Beat the Censors” that contains programs to circumvent the blocks and other anti-censorship resources. “The censors have no power unless we give it to them....
Israel: Jerusalem Pride, Democratic Shame
Gilad Lotan takes a look at what Hebrew bloggers have to say about a Pride Parade being planned in the holy city of Jerusalem. Should Gay Parades exist in Jerusalem? Should they be allowed to go ahead to enable minorities to have a voice in democratic Israel? Click to read more.
Russia: Media and Elections
As part of Krusenstern‘s ongoing Russian Media Blog Carnival, Mark MacKinnon writes about the Russian media and the 2008 presidential election: “The Russian opposition has its Yushchenko now in Mikhail Kasyanov. But what will determine the country’s future is whether it has enough Dmytruks and Politkovskayas to tell the country...
Eastern Europe: Trouble With the Presidents
An Alaskan Abroad notes on how CNN got the Czech president's name wrong: Klaus Topolanek instead of Vaclav Klaus. (Mirek Topolanek is the Czech premier.) Also, a photo from Kyiv, of an anti-Yushchenko protest sign that says Ukraine's president should be sent off to Alaska, of all places.
Iran: Second Cultural Revolution Coming?
Universities in different parts of Iran are experiencing a new wave of repression by security forces. Between 6-8 student activists, members of student associations, and independent professors who dare to think and express their ideas differently than the Iranian establishment, have been arrested in recent weeks, or are awaiting court...
Trinidad & Tobago: Effective Lobbying
Jeremy Taylor uses the protests against the proposed Alcoa smelter plant to put forward a simple solution for enforcing change: “These problems are never going to be solved by individual voices crying in the wilderness. If we want to solve them, if we really want to know ‘what can we...
Egypt: Banned Documentary, Cairo Metro Strike, Torture Trial and More
It's all happening in Egypt - from the release of jailed bloggers, to the trial of corrupt officers implicated in torture videos which are spreading like a bush on fire on the Internet. Freedom for Egyptians brings us the latest from the Egyptian blogs in this round up which includes a story on the banning of a video on the Baha'i faith and a metro strike in down town Cairo.
Panama: 37th OAS General Assembly, A Trail of Poisoned Medicine and Update on the New Immigration and Health Laws
# At the same time the OEA (OAS, Organization of American States) celebrated their thirty-seventh Regular Session of the OEA General Assembly in Panama from June 3-5, 2007, there were many congregations of groups peacefully protesting against the recent developments in Venezuela, involving the closing of RCTV which, to many,...
Debating Darfur: Bloggers question Sudanese ambassador to U.N.
“What does Sudan want?” “Who do you think are arming the rebels?” These deceptively simple questions were posed to the Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations by members of the panel at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York on 24 May, 2007. His answers were evasive, and the debate...
Angola: Kitanda – A Gateway to the African “Lusosphere”
If you ever want to get your way into the African “lusosphere”, one of the best places to start is the blog “Kitanda” (“Marketplace” in Kimbundu, one of Angola's national languages). Kitanda has become along the years, since its launch in 2004, an unavoidable reference in the “lusosphere”. Mainly dedicated...
Czech Rebublic: Defense Minister's Song
The Voice of Europe reports that in order “to lighten up the negative campaign, which is accompanying the radar debate,” the Czech defense minister records a song for George W. Bush.
Hong Kong: Oppression of Housing Right Activists
A report at interlocals.net on the oppression of housing right activists in Hong Kong based on various Chinese reports written by plato at inmediahk.net.
Russia, Estonia: More on “Cyberwar”
A Fistful of Euros interviews Gadi Evron, “a world expert on botnets,” on “what exactly happened with the allegedly Russian-orchestrated DDOS attack on Estonian Internet interests”: “However, many of the attacks were not by a botnet, but rather by a mass of home users using commands such as ping to...
Central & Eastern Europe: Gay Rights
Vilhelm Konnander posts an overview of the “events related to LGBT-rights [that] have given rise to both concerns and hopes about the situation of homosexuals in Central and Eastern Europe.”
Hong Kong: June 4 candle night
Charles Mok blogs some photos of the June 4 candle night vigil with links to more photos and video resources.
China: SMS Livecast
Beifeng, who has kept the world update on the Xiamen anti PX project demonstration by SMS livecast, wrote down his preparation, experience and reflection of the citizen reporting experience(zh).