Aw Pi Kyeh, a political cartoonist and well-known conservationist, was prevented by Burmese authorities from delivering a speech on the Myitsone Dam to the Myanmar Fisheries Federation.
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Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law criminalizes any reporting that authorities believe “encourages” or “provides moral support” to groups or causes that the government has labeled terrorist.
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In recent years, Mexican websites such as Blog del Narco have become increasingly popular as a way to exchange information on the drug war, due to their anonymity and freedom to reveal graphic details of crimes.
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The Iranian government arrested 6 documentary filmmakers, accusing them of conspiracy. The filmmakers made documentaries about famous Iranians and Iran’s national history. Sampsonia Way compiled brief overviews and filmographies of the directors.
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Nzaramba was detained for five days by Uganda’s anti-terrorism unit and police confiscated copies of his unreleased book People Power: Battle the Mighty General.
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In this interview, Liao Yiwu talks to Maxine Case about his books, his struggles with the Chinese government, and related a few anecdotes about people on the fringe of Chinese society that he has interviewed and whose stories he had recorded.
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Radio Farda’s Vahid Pourostad talks about his work with Persian Letters. Pourostad is a well-known Iranian journalist who before being forced to leave Iran about a year ago served on the editorial boards of a number of reformist newspapers.
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