Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 June 04

4 June 2011

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Stories from 4 June 2011

The televised debate between the two candidates for the Peruvian presidency, Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala, was closely followed on social networks. Some days after the debate, netizens are still...

Sri Lanka: Moral Cleansing And The Government

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bahamas: Advice for Election Season

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bahamas: Legalize It?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Hunger Strike for “The Student”

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

Russia: Continuing demographic decline

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

World: Blatter's Back But FIFA's Future is Shaky

Written by Richard Wanjohi · Sub-Saharan Africa

Joseph 'Sepp' Blatter has won his fourth term as the president of FIFA, the most powerful and lucrative sports organization in the world. One Zimbabwean blogger notes that there are...

Featured Blogger: Sabrina Sultana – Blogging With Her Heart

Written by Bijoy · South Asia

Sabrina Sultana blogs from Bangladesh and she loves to write. She is one of the millions of bloggers in this world who express themselves using the Internet. But Sabrina is...

South Korea: Battle to Protect Natural Reserve from Naval Base Construction

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

As one of South Korea's Natural Heritage sites is on the verge of being replaced by a pile of cement from naval base construction work, local residents and civic activists...