Sampsonia Way is excited to announce its newest series: The Freedom Chat. Through Skype we are reaching out to journalists and other media figures from around the world to share their firsthand experiences with censorship, repression, and exile. In this very first Freedom Chat, Naziha Syed Ali comments on a multitude of threats felt by journalists in Pakistan.
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Bolivian cartoonist Al-Azar has been harassed after publishing a cartoon about the tragedy in the Carnival of Oruro, where several musicians died after a footbridge collapsed. Since then, many citizens and media professionals have stood in support of Al-Azar.
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In this cartoon Makhmud Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan) comments on the violence surrounding the current elections in Afghanistan.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block, Iranian writer Moniru Ravanipur talks about overcoming the censorship inside of her, being a Gothic writer, and the difficulties of translation.
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Cartoonist Makhmud Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan) notes the military’s increasing power in Egypt.
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In this segment of The Writer’s Block, Manuel Gonzales, author of The Miniature Wife and Other Tales talks about genre classification, why he writes better when stressed, and his work with the Austin Bat Cave.
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Cartoonist Pedro X. Molina comments on the continued stability of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro despite weeks of protests.
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