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Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Dear Premier Wu, Please Stop …

August 12th, 2010 No comments

Even if you don’t want to call Wu Dumb-yih an asshole or an idiot, a person who treats people that way doesn’t deserve either “dear” or “please.” # 11 August 2010, 13:43 pm … Featured project. Global Voices Advocacy – Defending free speech online · China: ISP level Gmail phishing

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Global Voices Online » Mauritania: Woman MP Calls General Aziz a …

January 10th, 2010 No comments

Mauritanian blogger Nasser comments on MP Nomma Bint Mogaya’s explosive speech in the last days of 2009 in parliament denouncing General Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz and calling him a hypocrite.

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Global Voices Online » Russia: Blogger Calls For Open Technical …

December 23rd, 2009 No comments

LJ user bablaw wrote an open letter [Google translation - ENG] to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev calling him to veto amendments to the Civil Code that would make technical standards [ENG] closed to the general public. …

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Global Voices Online » Qatar: Critiques bristle; calls to shut …

December 21st, 2009 No comments

A series of scathing posts on Qatar Living, an popular online forum, prompts locals to call for site’s demise. Campaign not against all expats, says founder of anti-QL Facebook group

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Global Voices Online » Ukraine: Bureaucracy and Incompetence at …

December 11th, 2009 No comments

Overconfident, I neglected this advice and started calling Mr. Khalyavynsky – “head of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.” For three days, [he] wasn’t there, and, asked how it was possible to get in touch with him, …

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Global Voices Online » Brazil: Call for a boycott of the country's …

December 8th, 2009 No comments

Brazilian bloggers have gathered in protest against what they call Coupist Press Party, at the same time they call for people to stop buying, reading or commenting and instead to un-subscribe to Folha de São Paulo and its website. …

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Global Voices Online » Kenya: Mwai Kibaki and Odinga must co …

November 9th, 2009 No comments

The Partnership for Change has issued a statement calling for Mwai Kibaki And Raila Odinga to cooperate with the International Criminal Court and ensure The Special Tribunal Bill in Kenya is passed and enacted into law within two weeks.

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Global Voices Online » Kazakhstan: Playing the Borat card

September 26th, 2009 No comments

Kazakhstan: Playing the Borat card . Saturday, September 26th, 2009 @ 15:23 UTC.

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Global Voices Online » Egypt: Bloggers call for a fun-filled …

September 16th, 2009 No comments

As Eid Al Fitr approaches, women in Egypt are bracing themselves for even more sexual harassment than what has already become a disturbing norm. Bloggers and online activists are also joining forces to fight the phenomenon, calling for …

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