Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 August 15

15 August 2007

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Stories from 15 August 2007

Kenya: Media Bill Faces Public Opposition

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Kenyan civil society and human rights groups are protesting against the controversial Media Bill passed by the Kenyan Parliament last week. The Bill is waiting Presidents Mwai Kibaki's assent...

The treatment of Iraqis at the Jordan's Queen Alia Airport has triggered a storm in the Middle Eastern blogosphere. What at first seemed to be a straight forward story of...

Ukraine: Karpachova's Award

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

Russia: St. Pete Pics; A. Kostia's Short Story

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

Russia: Washington Post Conflict

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

Russia: More on the Violent Video

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

Russia: Ulster in North Caucasus

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

Russia: Blogger Faces Jail

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

Bulgaria, Czech Republic: Flat Tax

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

Israel: Policeman Bribed in Bashkiriya

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Israel: Sudanese Refugees

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Yemen: Bin Ghanim R.I.P

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain: Super Rich Gulfies

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Tanzania: let's talk about textmessaging

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Kyrgyzstan: Chinese Flattery

Written by Ben Paarmann · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Honduras: An Introduction to Honduran Blogs – Part 3

Written by Aaron Ortiz · Latin America

Many young Hondurans are blogging now, and personal blogs in Spanish abound. These defy being pigeon-holed into categories. Many entries are about anything or nothing in particular, the latest movie...