Arzu Geybulla discusses political imprisonment, the stifling of voices in Turkey and Azerbaijan, and her expectations for the two countries’ unsteady futures.
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In this Freedom Chat, Lindsay Bayne speaks with blogger, journalist, and human rights activist Arzu Geybulla. Currently living in Istanbul, Geybulla discusses press freedom, corruption, and political imprisonment in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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Anna Soltan is the pseudonym of the editor of Turkmen news at neweurasia.net. In this interview, Soltan speaks about the state of censorship in Turkmenistan, the challenges of producing online media in her country, and the challenges faced by Turkmen bloggers.
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This was not the Cuban remake of A Star is Born. This was the visit of the Chilean communist student leader Camila Vallejo to the Island at the beginning of April. She is “the world’s most glamorous revolutionary,” according to the New York Times.
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Tsering Woeser, the award-winning Tibetan writer and blogger, has been barred from collecting the Prince Claus Award at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing and was issued a month-long house arrest order.
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In this interview cyberactivists Ameer and Syrian Thinker talk about the Syrian government’s current surveillance of Twitter, the groups of activists known as “coordinations” that disseminates news via Twitter and Facebook, and the methods Syrian bloggers use to work around the government’s censorship.
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The editors at Tea Leaf Nation talk about what China’s new internet regulations mean for microbloggers, speculate on Twitter’s future in China, and explain some of the techniques Chinese netizens are using to work around regulations and censorship.
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