Bina Shah speaks with Canadian-Pakistani political cartoonist Shahid Mahmood. His work has been censored in Pakistan and he has received death threats from the Taliban. Mahmood gained notoriety in 2004 when he was stopped from boarding a plane for appearing on a “no-fly”list.
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This week: Turkish government cracking down on journalists, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Voice Tunnel” in NYC, and problems with the UK’s proposed internet filters.
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This week: Myanmar pledges to free political prisoners, Somalia puts age restrictions on journalists, and Turkey journalists abused by police.
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Tarık Günersel writes about how despite the courts ruling for Gezi Park to open, protestors are still being harassed and blocked from the park.
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Sampsonia Way presents an excerpt from Liu Xiaobo’s No Enemies, No Hatred, written before he was sent to prison for “inciting subversion of state power.”
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This week: concerns about press freedom in Egypt, journalist gunned down in Russia, and Iran to provide citizens with official state email addresses.
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It’s not easy to be a dissident blogger in some countries. This list by esglobal spotlights such activists, whose fundamental rights are being restricted.
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