Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 April 08

8 April 2011

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Stories from 8 April 2011

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China: Privilege Zone

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Zhao Lianhai: we will not be silent

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Cuba: House Arrest for Fariñas

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

Trinidad & Tobago: No Impartiality

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Exam Fraud

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

Guyana: Losing Your Religion

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica, Barbados: Search Putting CARICOM at Risk?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Russia: FSB Representative Urges to Ban Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Cuba: The Dangers of Bureaucracy

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Quick Reads · Latin America

Puerto Rico: Media critique

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Quick Reads · Latin America

Russia: Distributed Denial of LiveJournal

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Russian online space is getting more violent. The last series of attacks on LiveJournal blogging platform has proved this once again. Whatever are the reasons, the attack on LiveJournal is...

Rwanda: Remembering the Rwandan Genocide

Written by Etienne Mashuli · Sub-Saharan Africa

April 6, 2011, marked the beginning of the seventeenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. It is a time to reflect on the unforgivable human errors that led to the despicable...