1 August 2008

Stories from 1 August 2008

Russia: Stalin vs the Tsar?

Russian Blog writes about the process of “picking one single person from all of Russian history to represent it, to give it a face, and yes, a name.” FP's Passport...

1 August 2008

Russia: Failure of Democratic Youth

El pueblo unido jamás será vencido (Yabloko youth leader Ilya Yashin) posts an article (RUS) on why the democratic youth movement in Russia failed after the 2004 Ukrainian Orange Revolution.

1 August 2008

Afghanistan: Who killed Afghan Journalist

Baktash Siawashi, blogger and journalist from Afghanistan, writes [Fa] about the murder of Abdul Samad Rohani, an Afghan journalist, working for the BBC in Helmand province. He says Taliban,corrupted officials...

1 August 2008

Belarus: Manual for journalists

Daniel Rodrigo [Spanish] posted photos of a “manual” for Belarussian journalists, a promotional leaflet on a documentary about the lack of freedom of speech in Belarus.

1 August 2008

Caribbean: Emancipate Yourselves

Today is Emancipation Day in many West Indian territories - the day that effectively celebrates the end of slavery, when all slaves were legally declared free. One hundred and seventy odd years later, a few Caribbean bloggers pay tribute to their forefathers, whose sacrifice has earned them their freedom today...

1 August 2008