Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his academy award-nominated documentary, The Act of Killing, which focuses on the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966. He also discusses interviewing the death squad leaders and the culture of violence that keeps the past hidden in Indonesia.
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Close to 99% of crimes against journalists and the media are committed with impunity in Mexico. Learn more about who is being targeted and who is responsible.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo speaks about how literature is striving to break the limits of expression in Cuba, why Cuba’s new writers refuse to be a homogenized group, and how he selected the 16 writers in the new anthology Generation Zero.
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Since November 21, 2013 – the beginning of mass protests in Ukraine – 136 journalists have been injured while carrying out, or as a result of their professional activities, according to data collected by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI).
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Exiled writers Marina Nemat, Omid Fallahazad, Moniro Ravanipour, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Roya Hakakian talk via Google Hangout about risking imprisonment for their writing, repression against opposition writers, the government’s crackdown on free press, and the condition of writing in exile.
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In commemoration of Black History Month, Sampsonia Way recognizes the African-American authors who have contributed their transformative words to our pages, among them Chris Abani, Amiri Baraka, Toi Derricotte, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nikki Giovanni, Angela Jackson, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
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In this segment of The Writer’s Block, David Harris-Gershon discusses his writing process, the consequences he faced for publishing his memoir, What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?, and writer’s responsibilities towards society.
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