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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/03/iraqis-travel-to-mosul-to-celebrate-eid-in-a-show-of-solidarity/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mosuleid-1-400x300.png)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/03/iraqis-travel-to-mosul-to-celebrate-eid-in-a-show-of-solidarity/" title="Iraqis Travel to Mosul to Celebrate Eid in a Show of Solidarity" rel="bookmark">Iraqis Travel to Mosul to Celebrate Eid in a Show of Solidarity</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>The "Eid in Mosul" campaign was launched to visit those who had been trapped under Islamic State rule in Mosul.</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/03/with-facebook-twitter-and-youtube-blocked-venezuelans-share-tech-advice/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://es.globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/censorship-1315071_1280-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/03/with-facebook-twitter-and-youtube-blocked-venezuelans-share-tech-advice/" title="With Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Blocked, Venezuelans Share Tech Advice" rel="bookmark">With Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Blocked, Venezuelans Share Tech Advice</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://es.globalvoices.org/author/elizabeth-rivera/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Elizabeth Rivera">Elizabeth Rivera</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/latin-america/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about Latin America">Latin America</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"Never underestimate a blockade on #internetVE just because you know how to change your DNS. It is a violation to EVERYONE's rights."</p>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/mong/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Mong Palatino">Mong Palatino</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about East Asia">East Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"It is absurd that security forces are using outdated laws to silence and punish journalists who have committed no crime," wrote the editor of The Irrawaddy.</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/03/the-brief-contentious-ministership-of-trinidad-tobagos-marlene-mcdonald/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MARLENE-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/03/the-brief-contentious-ministership-of-trinidad-tobagos-marlene-mcdonald/" title="The Brief Contentious Ministership of Trinidad & Tobago’s Marlene McDonald" rel="bookmark">The Brief Contentious Ministership of Trinidad & Tobago’s Marlene McDonald</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"#ThingsLongerThanMarleneWuk the continued acceptance of sub-par governance from both parties"</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/01/moroccan-prime-ministers-appeal-for-calm-reaps-criticism/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MoroccanPrimeMinisterHoceima-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/01/moroccan-prime-ministers-appeal-for-calm-reaps-criticism/" title="Moroccan Prime Minister's Appeal for “Calm” After Clashes Reaps Criticism" rel="bookmark">Moroccan Prime Minister's Appeal for “Calm” After Clashes Reaps Criticism</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>Morocco's governing parties have yet to succeed in defusing tensions in the Rif as the political crisis continues to escalate.</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/peruvian-sportscasters-racist-comments-trigger-outrage-across-two-countries/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://es.globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-4.10.52-PM-400x300.png)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/peruvian-sportscasters-racist-comments-trigger-outrage-across-two-countries/" title="Peruvian Sportscaster's Racist Comments Trigger Outrage Across Two Countries" rel="bookmark">Peruvian Sportscaster's Racist Comments Trigger Outrage Across Two Countries</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"The media has a great responsibility in society, to not repeat stereotypes, not amplify them, and not to replicate racist actions."</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/the-sad-state-of-tajikistans-online-opposition/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/central-asia-1279016_960_720-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/the-sad-state-of-tajikistans-online-opposition/" title="The Sad State of Tajikistan's Online Opposition" rel="bookmark">The Sad State of Tajikistan's Online Opposition</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"While one [fake account] should play the role of an “angry bird” and mercilessly bomb everyone who speaks against you, another one should use softer, more diplomatic language."</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/is-it-the-20th-anniversary-of-unification-with-china-or-the-fall-of-hong-kong/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/countdown-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/is-it-the-20th-anniversary-of-unification-with-china-or-the-fall-of-hong-kong/" title="Is It the 20th Anniversary of Unification With China…or the Fall of Hong Kong?" rel="bookmark">Is It the 20th Anniversary of Unification With China…or the Fall of Hong Kong?</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/oiwan/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Oiwan Lam">Oiwan Lam</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about East Asia">East Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>Hong Kongers have several reasons to be unhappy with the city's relationship with China.</p>
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<h3 class='datestamp'>29 June 2017</h3>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/today-is-beatles-memorial-day-in-japan/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/beatles-japan-400x300.png)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/today-is-beatles-memorial-day-in-japan/" title="Beatles Memorial Day Marks the Anniversary of the Iconic Band’s First Visit to Japan" rel="bookmark">Beatles Memorial Day Marks the Anniversary of the Iconic Band’s First Visit to Japan</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/nevin-thompson/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Nevin Thompson">Nevin Thompson</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about East Asia">East Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>The 1966 visit by the Beatles to Japan is regarded as a turning point in Japanese postwar culture.</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/netizen-report-venezuelas-conflict-moves-from-the-streets-to-the-screen/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://advox.globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Venezuela-2014-Maria-Alejandra-Mora-cc-by-sa-3-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/netizen-report-venezuelas-conflict-moves-from-the-streets-to-the-screen/" title="Netizen Report: Venezuela's Conflict Moves From the Streets to the Screen" rel="bookmark">Netizen Report: Venezuela's Conflict Moves From the Streets to the Screen</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/fall-armyworms-are-ravaging-crops-in-many-african-countries/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://fr.globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/True-armyworm-on-wheat-head2-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/fall-armyworms-are-ravaging-crops-in-many-african-countries/" title="Fall Armyworms Are Ravaging Crops in Many African Countries" rel="bookmark">Fall Armyworms Are Ravaging Crops in Many African Countries</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://fr.globalvoices.org/author/abdoulaye-bah/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Abdoulaye Bah">Abdoulaye Bah</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/sub-saharan-africa/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"They've finished eating the wild plants and are now going into the villages where there is more vegetation. They eat everything in their path. All plant life is at risk."</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/a-nepali-wildlife-photographer-uses-his-camera-to-raise-awareness-about-conservation/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EgyptianVulture-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/a-nepali-wildlife-photographer-uses-his-camera-to-raise-awareness-about-conservation/" title="A Nepali Wildlife Photographer Uses His Camera to Raise Awareness About Conservation" rel="bookmark">A Nepali Wildlife Photographer Uses His Camera to Raise Awareness About Conservation</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>Sagar Giri's photos carry the logo: “i click for conservation.”</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/vaticans-third-highest-ranking-official-charged-with-sexual-assault-offences-in-australia/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Pell-image-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/29/vaticans-third-highest-ranking-official-charged-with-sexual-assault-offences-in-australia/" title="Cardinal George Pell, Vatican's Third Highest-Ranking Official, Charged With Sexual Assault Offences in Australia" rel="bookmark">Cardinal George Pell, Vatican's Third Highest-Ranking Official, Charged With Sexual Assault Offences in Australia</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/kevin-rennie/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Kevin Rennie">Kevin Rennie</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/oceania/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about Oceania">Oceania</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has indicated that Pell will return to Australia to try to clear his name.</p>
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<h3 class='datestamp'>28 June 2017</h3>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/mumbai-locals-transform-the-versova-shore-with-their-worlds-largest-beach-clean-up/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/versova-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/mumbai-locals-transform-the-versova-shore-with-their-worlds-largest-beach-clean-up/" title="Mumbai Locals Transform the Versova Shore With Their ‘World's Largest Beach Clean-Up’" rel="bookmark">Mumbai Locals Transform the Versova Shore With Their ‘World's Largest Beach Clean-Up’</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/rezwan/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Rezwan">Rezwan</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/south-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about South Asia">South Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"Couldn't believe this is exactly the same beach which I visited last year and my friend was like, man, its so dirty."</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/a-czech-nuclear-plant-held-a-swimsuit-contest-to-choose-its-next-female-intern/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Temelin_Interns-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/a-czech-nuclear-plant-held-a-swimsuit-contest-to-choose-its-next-female-intern/" title="A Czech Nuclear Plant Held a Swimsuit Contest to Choose Its Next Female Intern" rel="bookmark">A Czech Nuclear Plant Held a Swimsuit Contest to Choose Its Next Female Intern</a></h3>
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<p class='excerpt-text'>The move quickly faced accusations of sexism: "What a joke! Do we make men pose in swim suits to get hired as interns?"</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/caught-between-saudi-coalition-and-houthi-rebels-yemeni-journalists-face-challenges-on-all-sides/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20352638644_1d7c30470a_o-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/caught-between-saudi-coalition-and-houthi-rebels-yemeni-journalists-face-challenges-on-all-sides/" title="Caught Between Saudi Coalition and Houthi Rebels, Yemeni Journalists Face Challenges on All Sides" rel="bookmark">Caught Between Saudi Coalition and Houthi Rebels, Yemeni Journalists Face Challenges on All Sides</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/afef-abrougui/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Afef Abrougui">Afef Abrougui</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/middle-east-north-africa/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about Middle East & North Africa">Middle East & North Africa</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>Press freedom in Yemen is facing "eradication".</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/vietnamese-blogger-pham-minh-hoang-detained-stripped-of-citizenship-and-exiled-to-france/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pham-minh-hoang-400x300.jpg)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/28/vietnamese-blogger-pham-minh-hoang-detained-stripped-of-citizenship-and-exiled-to-france/" title="Vietnamese Blogger Phạm Minh Hoàng Detained, Stripped of Citizenship, and Exiled to France" rel="bookmark">Vietnamese Blogger Phạm Minh Hoàng Detained, Stripped of Citizenship, and Exiled to France</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/loa/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Loa">Loa</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about East Asia">East Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"I wrote blogs and continued to express my views on issues like democracy, corruption, territorial sovereignty. This is something that anybody could do, and to be honest, everybody should do."</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/27/at-thailands-request-youtube-blocks-video-clip-of-charlie-chaplins-the-great-dictator/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dictator-400x300.png)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/27/at-thailands-request-youtube-blocks-video-clip-of-charlie-chaplins-the-great-dictator/" title="At Thailand's Request, YouTube Blocks Video Clip of Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’" rel="bookmark">At Thailand's Request, YouTube Blocks Video Clip of Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/mong/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Mong Palatino">Mong Palatino</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about East Asia">East Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"Juntaland's dictator blocking Charlie Chaplin's satirical film mocking dictator is hilariously insane and dictatorial," wrote a journalist on Twitter.</p>
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<div class='post-summary-content'><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/27/chinas-great-firewall-grows-ever-stronger-as-virtual-private-networks-disappear/" title="Read this post"><div class='thumbnail-container css-thumbnail-container featured-image-container'><div title='Read this post' class='css-post-thumbnail post-featured-image' style='background-image: url(https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-05-at-10.40.59-AM-400x300.png)'></div></div></a><div class='post-excerpt-container'><h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/27/chinas-great-firewall-grows-ever-stronger-as-virtual-private-networks-disappear/" title="China's Great Firewall Grows Ever-Stronger As Virtual Private Networks Disappear" rel="bookmark">China's Great Firewall Grows Ever-Stronger As Virtual Private Networks Disappear</a></h3>
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<span class="credit-text"><span class='contributor'>Written by <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/oiwan/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by Oiwan Lam">Oiwan Lam</a></span></span> · <span class='post-terms-inline'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/east-asia/' rel='tag' title="Show posts about East Asia">East Asia</a></span><!--.post-terms-inline--></div> <!--.postmeta-->
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<p class='excerpt-text'>"If one day I cannot climb over the wall, will you miss me?"</p>
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$("body").off('touchend', hide_popup);
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$(this).toggleClass('menu-opened');
$(this).toggleClass('menu-closed');
gv_toggle_font_icon_arrow(this);
});
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position_at = 'right bottom';
}
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my: position_my
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,within: within_selector
});
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$(toggle_selector).trigger('gv.toggle_menu.toggle_open');
$("body").on('click', hide_popup);
$("body").on('touchend', hide_popup);
}
//console.log('end of gv_toggle_menu_button');
// Return false to avoid the body click being called immediately.
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10021984/using-liveclick-inside-a-click-function-triggers-itself
return false;
}
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* Make .about-menu .menu-toggle toggle the toggle-menu-content below. Ignore when site-menu-toggle (mobile shelf) is visible because inside it the menus are already expanded.
*/
$('.about-menu .menu-toggle').click(function(){
gv_toggle_menu_button('.about-menu .menu-toggle', '.about-menu', '.about-menu .toggle-menu-content-container', '.header-titlemenu');
return false;
});
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*/
$('.site-subscribe-menu .menu-toggle').click(function(){
gv_toggle_menu_button('.site-subscribe-menu .menu-toggle', '.site-subscribe-menu', '.site-subscribe-menu .toggle-menu-content-container', '.header-titlemenu');
return false;
});
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$('.post-header .post-translations-title').click(function(){
gv_toggle_menu_button('.post-header .post-translations-title', '.post-header .post-translations-container', '.post-header .translation-listing-container', '.post-header');
return false;
});
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*/
// Clone the postmeta-sidebar translations into post-header
gv_clone_menu('.post-terms-container', '.post-menu-toggles', 'post-terms-container', '.post-terms-title', '.post-header .post-terms-container .post-terms-list-container', '.post-header .post-terms-container .post-terms');
// Make .post-header .postmeta-container headings toggle their contents. Ignore when .postmeta-sidebar (hidden at 960) is visible because inside it the menus are already expanded.
$('.post-header .post-terms-title').click(function(){
gv_toggle_menu_button('.post-header .post-terms-title', '.post-header .post-terms-container', '.post-header .post-terms-list-container', '.post-header' );
return false;
});
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* Clone footer menu from .footer-widgets-container into .header .site-menu, and make it a toggle menu.
*/
// Clone the footer widgets into the site-menu (to act as mobile menu)
gv_clone_menu('.footer', '.header-tools .site-menu', 'site-full-menu-container', '.footer-widgets-title', '.header-tools .site-menu .footer-widgets-container', '.header-tools .site-menu .toggle-site-menu-widgets-container');
// Register the footer menu button as menu toggle for the widgets
$('.header-tools .footer-widgets-title').click(function(){
gv_toggle_menu_button('.header-tools .footer-widgets-title', '.header-tools .site-full-menu-container', '.header-tools .toggle-menu-content-container', '.header-titlemenu');
return false;
});
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* Generic mobile toggle button function
*
* @param string button_selector CSS selector for the button
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* @param string content_target_selector CSS selector for the new location of the content we want the button to toggle
* @param string visibility_class CSS class to toggle on the target location to change its visibility
* @returns {undefined}
*/
function gv_mobile_toggle_button(button_selector, content_source_selector, content_target_selector, visibility_class){
// If target location already has content just toggle it.
already_cloned_content = $(content_target_selector).html();
if (already_cloned_content) {
$(content_target_selector).toggleClass(visibility_class);
$(button_selector).toggleClass('button-active');
// If there's no content copy the footer menu's content and toggle visibility_class
} else {
cloned_content = $(content_source_selector).html();
$(content_target_selector).append(cloned_content);
$(button_selector).toggleClass('button-active');
$(content_target_selector).toggleClass(visibility_class);
}
};
// Make .post-translations-button copy sidebar post-translations into the small-screen-post-translations-container at the top of the post
// $('.post-translations-button').click(function(){
// gv_mobile_toggle_button(".post-translations-button", ".post-translations", ".small-screen-post-translations-container", 'medium-screen-hidden');
// });
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// $('.post-taxonomy-button').click(function(){
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// });
// Remove href value from postmeta buttons (which link to the sidebar ID unless activated by JS.
// $('.small-screen-postmeta-buttons a').prop('href', '#');
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controlNav: false,
pauseOnHover: true,
prevText: '<span class="icon icon-angle-left"></span>',
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$('.featured-headlines .headlines li').on('mouseover', function() {
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* Toggle the up/down font icon arrow inside parent_selector
*
* @param string parent_selector jQuery selector for element that contains the span.icon
*/
function gv_toggle_font_icon_arrow(parent_selector) {
// Define the font icon classes to add to span
icon_up_class = 'icon-caret-up';
icon_down_class = 'icon-caret-down';
// Get the .icon and make sure it exists
arrow_icon = $(parent_selector).find('.icon');
if (!arrow_icon.length) {
return;
}
// Swap the icon classes
if (arrow_icon.hasClass(icon_up_class)) {
arrow_icon.removeClass(icon_up_class);
arrow_icon.addClass(icon_down_class);
} else if (arrow_icon.hasClass(icon_down_class)) {
arrow_icon.removeClass(icon_down_class);
arrow_icon.addClass(icon_up_class);
}
}
/*gv_display_taxonomy jquery for toggle-menu - topics*/
$('.taxonomy-list-a86d5 .menu-toggle').click(function(){
gv_toggle_menu_button('.taxonomy-list-a86d5 .menu-toggle', '.taxonomy-list-a86d5', '.taxonomy-list-a86d5 .toggle-menu-content-container', '.header-taxonomy' );
return false;
});
}); // end document.ready
function archWarp(dropdown) {
var URL = dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value;
if(URL != "") {
document.location.href=URL;
}
}
</script></body>
</html>