Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 June 05

5 June 2011

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Stories from 5 June 2011

The most popular topic for discussion on social networks, as well as by the online and traditional media, this weekend was the premiere of Renny Harlin's movie about the 2008...

Afghanistan: Assessing recent negotiations with Taliban

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

Uzbekistan: A clothing manufacturer boycotts Uzbek practice of child labor

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

Uzbekistan: Tashkent undergoes a dismantling pandemia

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

Turkmenistan: Facebook group plotting the overthrow of government

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

Uzbekistan: Human rights activist sentenced to 5 year in prison

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

Uzbekistan: A Dissident Poet Released

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

Uzbekistan: Presidential daughter's suit against journalists backfires

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

Afghanistan: Border War Expands

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

Afghanistan: Contractor Mistreatment

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

Ghana: 5 Reasons Why Ghana is the Next African App Powerhouse

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

South Africa: The Ideology of the Democratic Alliance

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

Tanzania: Opposition MP Tweets His Arrest

Written by J. Nambiza Tungaraza · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zitto Kabwe, a Tanzanian Member of Parliament from the opposition party Chadema, was arrested on June 4 in Central Tanzania soon after holding a public rally. As he was taken...

Macedonia: Online Guide to Parliamentary Elections 2011

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Early parliamentary elections are taking place in the Republic of Macedonia right now. Filip Stojanovski reviews election-related resources available to Macedonian voters online.

Slovakia: The People Vs. the Census

Written by Tibor Blazko · Eastern & Central Europe

Tibor Blazko writes about problems with Slovakia's 2011 Population and Housing Census, which took place in Slovakia on May 21, 2011. Issues include people's unwillingness to fill out complex forms...

Hong Kong and China: The 22nd Anniversary of June 4th Massacre

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Tunisia: Official Arrested for Criticizing Interior Ministry

Written by Afef Abrougui · Middle East & North Africa

Samir Feriani, a senior official in the Interior Ministry, was forcibly arrested by the police and taken into a military barracks in Tunisia on May 29. Days earlier, he had...