In this edition: Ukrainian activists take issue with Russian television coverage; Ugandan women protest against sexual harassment; and an alternative way to go sightseeing in Israel.
UKRAINE: ACTIVISTS WORK TO COUNTER RUSSIAN NARRATIVE
On Sunday Ukrainian hackers targeted the website of pro-kremlin English language television network Russia Today, to denounce the Russian media`s coverage of recent events in Ukraine. The attack lasted twenty minutes or so and saw the words “Russian” or “Russia” momentarily replaced by the word “Nazi” in a number of articles published on the platform.
The operation was one of many in response to Moscow`s intervention in Ukraine and how it is being portrayed by pro-Russia media and web users. Activists have taken to social networks in their droves sharing documents that challenge what they describe as misinformation being circulated by television channels with close ties to the Kremlin. This footage filmed in the city of Dnipropetrovsk, on Saturday, suggests the majority of residents back Russia and has been widely relayed on Russia social media. But activists say it does not reflect the facts, and have uploaded this video in which we see thousands of Ukrainian demonstrators gathered in the same city, on Sunday, singing Ukraine`s national anthem, showing unity and no signs of inter-ethnic conflict.
Some activists are even claiming the pro-Kremlin rallies staged in various Ukrainian cities over the past few days have been orchestrated by Russia. Accusations that have been partially substantiated by these documents which have been doing the rounds online and allege the young man who raised the Russian flag on a government b... Go on reading on our web site.
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