Sixty world leaders and dignitaries attended Sunday’s solidarity rally in Paris, leaping at the occasion to be seen as “staunch defenders” of the press, even while many of them are guilty of suppressing free speech themselves.
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An Algerian Salafi imam — called “un obscure salafiste” by the paper Le Matin — has called for the death of award-winning Algerian novelist Kamel Daoud.
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Cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh comments on the protracted tenure of Algerian President Bouteflika whose leadership has been called into question due to his serious health issues and the seemingly fraudulent actions that ushered in Bouteflika’s re-election.
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This week: three newspaper employees murdered in India, Facebook makes a human rights commitment, and Bahrain’s “Blogfather” granted asylum in the U.K.
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As the centennial of Albert Camus’ birth approaches, Horacio Castellanos Moya looks at the legacies that can haunt writers, even posthumously.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao, Independent Chinese PEN Center President, gave a forceful speech at the opening event of the Passa Porta Literary Festival in Brussels. Read the speech in its entirety in this Sampsonia Way exclusive.
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