As the Cuban government places the powerful ranch owner and popular animal trainer, Miguel Ginarte, under house arrest, an unprecedented number of Cuban artists sign a letter of protest. But where’s the outrage for the treatment of democracy and human rights activists on the island?
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One year after the suspicious death of Cuban activist Oswaldo Payá, a witness speaks out. Angel Carromero tells world media that the collision that killed two Cuban opposition leaders in June 2012 was the work of Cuban State Security.
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Un año despues de la muerte del activista cubano Oswaldo Payá, un testigo rompe el silencio. Ángel Carromero le dice a la prensa que la colisión que mató a dos líderes de la oposición fué obra de los servicios secretos cubanos.
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Tarik Günersel profiles authors who have spoken out through their works against Turkey’s “debrainization operation”-attempts to remove secularism from society.
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This week: Burma dissolved the censorship board, musicians battle censors in Iran, and a Google executive visits North Korea.
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This week: Tibetan writer Tsering Woser talks about her detention, the censorship protest in China comes to a close, and the future of music in Mali.
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In this week’s Ethiopiques Mesfin Negash explains how the big changes in political systems that we seek are not possible without enacting small changes.
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