Stories from 2 February 2010
Morocco: Where Independent Media is No More
Le Journal Hebdomadaire, an irreverent Moroccan independent weekly news magazine has ceased to exist, crippled by debt and heavy libel fines. Magazine founders say they have been victims of an orchestrated government attack aimed at financially asphyxiating the publication. Bloggers and media freedom watchdogs have been commenting the development.
Japan: Tokyo underground
Pink Tentacle blogs about the six major rumors / urban legends surrounding the huge underground subway under Tokyo city.
China: Why cover up Weixian mining disaster
ESWN translated a China Youth Daily story about the rationality of local government officials who attempted to cover up a mining disaster.
Hong Kong: Five District Referendum campaign
DM from Learning Cantonese blogs about his observations on the five district referendum campaign in Hong Kong.
Russia: Anti-Government Protest Covered By Bloggers, Ignored By Media
While the largest anti-government protest in Russia of the past decade is being largely ignored by the country's mainstream media, the blogosphere is boiling with numerous posts on the rally and its possible implications.
India: Bridging the information gap on sexuality
YP Foundation in India is working online and offline to help inform young people about often hush-hush topics like gender, sexuality, reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS.
Global Voices Launches RuNet Echo Project
I am excited and honored to start the new year with this introduction of a new project RuNet Echo that appeared on Global Voices at the end of 2009. For me, it all started with this exciting post on Global Voices and grew into a rewarding experience of studying and analyzing one of the most complex and often misinterpreted online communities in the world.
Russia: Thousands Protest in Kaliningrad
NewKaliningrad news site published photos and footage [RUS] of the most numerous protest in recent Russian history (from 5,000 to 12,0000 of people participated in the protest) that took place...
Russia: Blogger Warns Of Possible Dam Destruction
The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant [EN] in Siberia might not survive the spring, blogger Dmitri Verkhoturov writes [RUS]. He provides pictures of an ice crust spread over the dam barrier....
