Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 28, 2011
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 28, 2011
Zambia: Netizens Start Countdown
to 90 Day Change Promise
Zambia's new President,
Michael Sata, has in the last three elections he has
participated in promised to transform the nation in 90 days
including putting more money into people's pockets. Now that
he has finally been elected head of state, expectant
netizens have started the countdown. read>>
Kuwait: After Three Months
in Prison, Court Releases Twitter User
Three months
ago, with sectarianism reaching its climax in the public
sphere after the Bahraini protests, a Kuwaiti Twitter user
named Nasser Abul (@NasserAbuL) was arrested for insulting
the Bahraini and Saudi regimes. read>>
Philippines: Creative
Protests During Campus Strikes
Last week's nationwide
campus strikes against education budget cuts saw the lively
and creative integration of online tools to mobilize
thousands to fight for the right to education. From
September 19-23, 2011, thousands of youths joined massive
street protests supported by their teachers and public
school administrators. read>>
East Timor: Tasi Mane
Petroleum Infrastructure Project
A local
Non-Government Organization, La'o Hamutuk, has set-up a
special website page to gather information, monitor project
updates, and document the resistance of a community to East
Timor's Tasi Mane Petroleum Infrastructure Project. read>>