Stories from 21 May 2008
China: One Angle Earthquake Story
Barokoliebe is troubled by the single angle earthquake story told by mainstream media [zh].
China: Letter to Earthquake Child Victim
1KG.org launched an action to collect letters and deliver them to Sichuan earthquake child Victims [zh]. The organizer hope that the letter senders would continue to communicate with the children...
China: Mourning for Earthquake at Tiananmen
hk1183 posted photos of Sichuan earthquake mourning at Tiananmen square on 19 of May, Beijing.
China and Hong Kong: Interviewing Earthquake Reporter
Ling Nan from inmediahk.net, interviewed a Hong Kong reporter in Sichuan earthquake center about issues that hadn't been reported in Hong Kong mainstream media [zh]. The reporter also criticized the...
Kyrgyzstan: Talas Tripping
Azamat posts some pictures from his trip to Talas, a town in the east of Kyrgyzstan, featuring the mausoleum of Manas (the epic hero), new nomads and traffic accidents.
Uzbekistan: IMU Arrest in Europe
Nathan reports that police in the Netherlands, France, and Germany arrested 10 men suspected of financing the IMU, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, aimed at establishment of an Islamic theocracy in...
Uzbekistan: President Publishes a Book on Moral Living
Nathan says that Islom Karimov, the long-ruling president of Uzbekistan, pompously launched his own book on moral living, praised as “the best book on philosophy and morality since the times...
Afghanistan: A Case of the Judiciary
SunLeaf tells story of a Journalist student convicted of insulting Islam (the punishment for this crime is death), which vividly reflects the state of the Judiciary in Afghanistan.
Mexico: Number of Speakers of Náhuatl Decreasing
Náhuatl is the indigenous language most spoken in Mexico. Vivir México [es] writes that the number of speakers of this language is decreasing due to the migration to other areas...
Guatemala: Local Handicrafts
Guate 360 [es] takes a look at local handicrafts in Guatemala and the people behind the creation of these works.
Mexico: Announcement of the Launch of ALAS
Mexico Reporter [es] posts a video of the press conference held in Mexico City with singer Shakira and the announcement ofthe launching of ALAS, an initiative aimed at helping child...
