3 December 2007

Stories from 3 December 2007

Romania: Documentary on Radio Free Europe

Transatlantic Politics writes about a Romanian documentary “about what Radio Free Europe meant for the listeners in the Communist block, especially Romanians”: “It was the only trustworthy medium in a...

3 December 2007

Ukraine: Airbus for the President

Foreign Notes writes about Victor Yushchenko's plans to acquire “a brand-new Airbus A319 presidential airplane priced $40-$60 million, even though only about half that sum had been ear-marked for upgrading...

3 December 2007

Russia: More on the Duma Election

The previous Global Voices post on the general elections in Russia was a translation of Russian bloggers' views; the post below deals with what some of the English-language Russia bloggers have been writing recently.

3 December 2007

Georgia: Exit Polls

Social Science in the Caucasus examines the possible role of exit polls in the coming presidential election in Georgia and concludes that they are no substitute for a properly conducted...

3 December 2007

Georgia: Patarkatsishvili Speaks Out

TOL Georgia writes that businessman and outspoken critic of the Georgian government, Badri Patarkatsishvili, has warned of two possible scenarios that might play out in an attempt to discredit him.

3 December 2007

Bangladesh: Genocide and Media

Mash on the suppression of media reports on the genocide in Bangladesh in 1971, and with links to the archives in various newspapers with articles on the same.

3 December 2007

The hazards of journalism in West Africa

In a country whose name means “the land of upright people,” accounts of corruption will always find their way into Burkina Faso’s media. In this country with proud history of fighting kleptocracy, however, something now seems terribly wrong.

3 December 2007

China: Report from Hong Kong on sweatshop

After long effort, the Hong Kong-based student organization SACOM (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior大学师生监察无良企业行动) published a report on Dell Computer and its suppliers’ misconducts related to labor rights in mainland China. Here is a collection of voices and replies from domestic websites.

3 December 2007

Peru: Lima Book Fair

Juan Arellano of Globalizado [es] visited the 28th Annual Book Fair in the Miraflores neighborhood of Lima.

3 December 2007

Peru: Sexual Orientation Discrmination

The Peruvian Congress is debating whether to ratify the Ibero-American Agreement on the Rights of Young People, which would include the topic of sexual orientation. El Blog de Morsa [es]...

3 December 2007

Guatemala: A Tasteless Advertising Campaign

A series of advertisements from a Guatemalan shoe company that depicted dead women wearing the fashionable shoes caused an uproar. In a country, where the murder of women happens at an alarming rate, these ads were especially deemed to be in poor taste. Guatemalan bloggers protest and announce boycotts of the shoe company.

3 December 2007