Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 May 08

8 May 2011

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Stories from 8 May 2011

Guinea-Bissau/Sao Tome and Principe: A Collection of Visual Arts

Written by Sara Moreira · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Cuba: A Controversial Encounter

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Quick Reads · Latin America

Russia: Livejournal Blocks Navalny's Post

Written by Vadim Isakov · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Georgia: Human rights precedent in the Caucasus

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Afghanistan: US National Archives releases new bin Laden files

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Turkmenistan: Dangerous mirage for businessmen

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Afghanistan: So Osama’s dead. And?

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Kyrgyzstan: International Commission releases report on Osh violence

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Turkmenistan: TAPI Continues To Face Challenges

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Iran: Street fights between Khamenei and Ahmadinejad supporters

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa: Fighting Malaria, 2011 Report

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Senegal: “Enough is Enough” Movement: First the Web, Now the Presidential Palace

Written by Philippe Léveillée · Sub-Saharan Africa

As the uprisings continue across the Arab World, several incidences of angry young people have sprung up on Senegalese websites. Since early March, this activism has left the web behind...

New Japanese site about business in Africa

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Brazil: Homophobia, Religion and Politics

Written by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · Latin America

In the second article in the series dedicated to LGBT issues in Brazil, Global Voices reports on polemical statements made by parliamentarians, extreme right groups and religious representatives that oppose...