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Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 27, 2011
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 27, 2011
Arab World: Nobel Peace Prize
for Revolution Netizens?
Twitter is abuzz tonight as
the names of Arab netizens are being circulated as possible
candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for the roles they have
played in the Arab revolutions. The names of Global Voices
Online very own Lina Ben Mhenni, Wael Ghonim and Esraa
Abdelfattah are being mentioned. read>>
China: Secret Arrest to be
Justified by Law Amendment
The Chinese government is
in the process of completing an amendment to its Criminal
Procedure Law (CPL). The draft, released for public
consultation on 30 August, 2011, has sparked an intense
debate among law professors and lawyers, as it has granted
police legal justification for secret arrest and
investigation. read>>
Kenya: Bloggers Pay
Tribute to Wangari Maathai
African bloggers are
paying tribute to Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, a
Kenyan environmental and political activist who died Sunday
after a battle with cancer.
read>>
Agreement between Global
Voices and El Colombiano
Global Voices in Spanish has
a new agreement with El Colombiano, the leading newspaper of
the vigorous city of Medellin, which will allow their
readers to access Global Voices content in Spanish through a
blog created for this purpose inside the EC-Blogger section
of the El Colombiano online version. read>>
Spain: Police "Welcome"
15M Protesters in Paris
The "march of the indignant
people" that left from various cities in Spain and France to
cross Europe, was welcomed by the police in Paris. One
hundred people who were heading to the French Parliament
were dragged, sprayed with pepper spray and detained. Chris
Moya reports. read>>
Being LBGTI in Asia: UNDP And ILGA World Launch The International Pride Awards, Recognising LGBTIQ+ Equality Champions
UN News: UN Teams Dispatch Aid As Deadly Flash Floods Hit Northern Afghanistan
Save The Children: It’s Not Safe And It’s Not Clean, But People Believe They Are Leaving Something Worse Behind
APEC: APEC Commits To Empowering People With Disabilities
UN News: Israeli Forces Bringing War To The West Bank, Warns UN Rights Office
UN News: 10,000 People Feared Buried Under The Rubble In Gaza