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InfoWar over Gaza
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Jan 7 09
Israel, Palestine
Armed conflict, Discrimination, Humanitarian
btselem, comics, graphic novels, information war, infowar, joe sacco, nablus, palestine, propaganda, social media
The information war being fought over Gaza is one of the most commented-on aspects of the current crisis - Israeli military footage, Twitter updates, Facebook groups, media interviews, blogs, the use of megaphone software like Read more
UDHR60: Political cartoons and posters
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 17 08
Global
Discrimination, Justice, Women's rights
advocacy, cartoons, human rights, Politics, posters
Our question - what image opened your eyes to human rights - has elicited really varied responses. Many have talked about television news, photojournalism, raw footage - but we've also had Aidan White talking about a painting... So today here's a quick dip into other kinds of visual advocacy - cartoons and posters.
Iran: A Nation of Bloggers
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 16 08
Canada, Iran
Freedom of opinion & expression, Women's rights
animation, bloggers, iran, vancouver film school
DRC: Calls for action, intervention
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 16 08
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Armed conflict, Violence, Women's rights
Congo, DRC, giles foden, intervention, R2P, rape, The guardian
UPDATE (16 Dec):
GFMD Athens
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 9 08
Global, Greece
Freedom of opinion & expression
GFMD08
I am in Athens at the Global Forum for Media Development - more on this in a subsequent post, but you can follow the proceedings live here:
Tensions in Athens - 2 reports
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 7 08
Greece
Discrimination, Minorities, Police brutality
Asylum, athens, greece, immigration, riots
We don't often get much from Greece, but 6 December seemed like a busy day for the police and protestors alike...
DRC: Videos from IDP camps?
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 6 08
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Shelter
Congo, IDPs, raw footage, refugee camps
DRC: Video testimonies of rape (The Guardian/Leah Chishugi)
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Dec 5 08
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Armed conflict, Rape and sexual abuse, Reproductive rights
Congo, leah chishugi, Media, newspapers, rape, testimony, The guardian, video
I generally read my news online, but sometimes you can feel the impact of a story so much more when you're holding it in your hands. During a brief layover in London on the way to Athens for a conference (on which more in the coming days), I bought a slew of UK newspapers - and one of those papers deserves particular credit for its editorial choices today.
Mumbai terror attacks - early images of aftermath on Flickr
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Nov 26 08
India
Terrorism, Violence
india, Mumbai, terrorism
UPDATE:
- Technorati tracking blog updates on Mumbai
- Mumbai Twitter users sending updates to the Mumbai group
+ Global Voices link changed below
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Queen Rania - YouTube's first official Visionary
By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Nov 18 08
Jordan
Freedom of opinion & expression, Freedom of religion & belief, Religion
islam, Queen Rania, reconciliation, youtube
Last update of the day - you'll recall that a few months back that Queen Rania of Jordan launched a YouTube channel aimed at "breaking down stereotypes about the Arab and Muslim worlds and to bridging the East-West divide." Three million views and 43,000 messages later, YouTube has awarded her its inaugural Visionary Award.
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UPDATE - 26 Nov 2008:
