1 August 2009

Stories from 1 August 2009

Palestine: School Graduation In Gaza

The tawjihi is the general secondary examination in Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan, and it determines a student's choice of university and major. This year the exams were held simultaneously in the West Bank and Gaza and hailed as a sign of national unity.

1 August 2009

Iran: “I am not afraid Anymore”

FreeLantern has transalted into English a description of what happened in Tehran’s cemetery to the people when they commemorated the protest's victims :”Riot police is standing in front of us....

1 August 2009

Morocco: Magazines Seized

Oualid L., blogging on Réflexions et autres idées (hosted by Courrier International), reports [Fr] on the decision by the Moroccan Interior Ministry to block two prominent magazines (TelQuel and Nichane)...

1 August 2009

Armenia: Demographic crisis

Thoughts on the Road comments on news that Armenia faces a demographic crisis to such an extent that it might have to remove exemption from military service for students. The...

1 August 2009

Azerbaijan: London protest

Media Helping Media updates its readers on detained video bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli. The blog says that supporters of the two activists yesterday protested outside the Azerbaijani Embassy...

1 August 2009

Caucasus: An interview with Micael Bogar

With three frozen conflicts and many ethnic fault lines, peace and stability in the South Caucasus often seems unreachable. After living and working in the the region for many years, Micael Bogar is now Projects Manager at the American University's Center for Social Media and speaks to Global Voices Online on the potential for new media tools to circumvent divisions and bring estranged neighbors together.

1 August 2009

Morocco: Untightening the Grip

Tunisia Watch [Fr], a blog monitoring freedom restrictions in the Maghreb with special focus on Tunisia, links to an open letter published by The Committee to Protect Journalists aimed at...

1 August 2009