On November 21, journalist Gao Yu was put on trial in a closed door procedure that lasted only four hours. The absurd accusation that Mrs. Gao “leaked state secrets” reflects the contradictory propaganda measures of the CCP.
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“Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered” offers a glimpse into an increasingly important and little examined section of Russian-language Internet. This page will be updated as more interviews are published.
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Human rights defender Maryam Al-Khawaja outlines her decision to boycott her December 1, 2014 court hearing, where she was due to be sentenced on trumped up charges of assaulting two policewomen at the Bahrain International Airport
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Muslim leaders all over North America have been vocal about their condemnation of extremism. But all the condemnation, disavowals, and apologies seem to be disappearing into thin air, heard and witnessed by nobody.
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Tarık Günersel’s own literary roundup, covering everything from PEN Turkey’s commemoration of imprisoned writers to a call for Kurdish secularists to combine forces against ISIS.
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Celebrated author Akhil Sharma discusses his painstaking writing process and careful construct of his latest novel Family Life.
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Robert Darnton, author of Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature, discusses the research behind his new book, the problem with defining censorship, and the role of state censorship today.
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