President Obama will visit Cuba from March 21 to 22, the first American president to do so since Calvin Coolidge’s trip in 1928.
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The persecution of arts and culture, journalism, and leftist movements continues in Turkey. A roundup from Tarik Gunersel.
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The arrest of Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish shows the power of social media as a voice of dissent.
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In the wake of a historic election, Tienchi Martin-Liao reflects on the dark history of Taiwan and the hope for its democratic future.
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Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq has been on a hunger strike for nearly 70 days, protesting his administrative detention in Israel.
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Amidst a cloud of fear in Ethiopia, the government’s persecution of dissidents may indicate that genocide and ethnic cleansing are looming.
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A flood of new surveillance technologies are giving the government access to a wider ranger of personal information than ever before, according to a recent Harvard study.
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