Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 March 15

15 March 2011

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Stories from 15 March 2011

Iran: Four Park Rangers Mourned by Environmental Bloggers

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

The recent death of four park rangers in Iran has stirred Iranian environmental bloggers. The four men were shot dead in a village in Sanandaj in Iran's Kuridstan. Bloggers were...

Racism in Latin America

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

During the International Year for People of African Descent -as declared by the United Nations- a video from Chile and another from Colombia spread through social networks show cases of...

Pakistan: What Individual privacy?

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Fox News Foxes Its Readers On Pakistan

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Nepal: Photo blog of Americans in Kathmandu

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Quick Reads · South Asia

Pakistan: Are Buildings Structurally Sound?

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

USA: Student Blogs Seeks Middle East Voices

Written by Solana Larsen · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Cuba: A Call to Action

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Haiti: “Literary Foremother” Dies

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: The Need to Blog

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Barbados: Girl Power

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bermuda: Dr. Ball Passes On

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Russia: Election monitors harassed

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Hungary: Protest against media law

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Belarus: Presidential candidate disappears

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Japan: Frustrations from the Overlooked

Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia

While the eyes of the media and the rest of Japan have been glued to developments in the Tohoku region, cries for help from other disaster areas have not received...

Japan: Waiting for the Right Moment to Help

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

A blogger calls for people to quell the instinctive and emotional reaction to head towards the disaster area in a message to "the kindhearted young, who want to help the...

Ethiopia: Prime Minister Needs to Wake Up

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Eritrea: How we celebrate “Meskel”

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Angola: Celma Ribas new album

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa