Liu Xia, a poet and wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, has been under house arrest since October 2010. In this video, secretly recorded in December, Liu reads two of her new works.
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Activists in Saudi Arabia face a repressive and intolerant government as they advocate popular political participation, judicial reform, and an end to discrimination against women and minorities.
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In what is a reversal of a decades old policy, the Turkish Ministry of Culture refuses to give financial aid to private theaters that supported the Gezi Park protests and that stage plays that violate the public’s general morality. Turkey columnist and author Tarik Günersel explains the situation.
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In this column, which makes use of cinematic jump cuts, Tarık Günersel writes about the dangers of a solid relationship between Erdogan’s government and the United States. From Erdogan’s “Islamofascist” views to the USA’s historic meddling in Turkey, Günersel’s critique is delivered with sharp wit.
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On average, 10 journalists have been killed in Mexico every year since 2006. In this video by press freedom organization Global Journalist, a discussion on the dangers journalists face in Mexico with Javier Garza Ramos, Sandra Rodriguez Nieto and Scott Griffen.
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This month, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights launched its campaign to “End Impunity in Bahrain.” During the campaign, names and charges against individuals in the government will be revealed among those responsible for and directly involved in the ongoing human rights violations in the country.
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On the rise and fall (for now) of the popular Butcher Shop, an innovative philanthropic e-commerce project that provides financial aid to families of political prisoners. The venture is organized by Rice-Delivery-Party, a writer/activist collective led by the author and blogger Ye Fu.
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