This week: author Chinua Achebe on free speech in Nigeria, the graphic memoir Persepolis is banned in Chicago, and Ai Weiwei is the face of dissidence in China.
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This week: Azerbaijani authorities are quick to silence critics and Burma’s government has announced that daily newspapers will be free to publish on April 1.
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On a trip to India, Tienchi Martin-Liao meets with the Dalai Lama and discovers how Tibetans and the Indian government co-exist peacefully in Dharamsala.
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This week: the arrests of journalists on the rise in Iran, the top 20 books some governments have tried to ban, and two reporters killed in Mexico.
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This week: a Cuban blogger discusses Yoani Sanchez’s impact and the tension between government and media boils over in Myanmar, Africa, and Sri lanka.
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Despite facing censorship and interference from Chinese authorities, blogger Li Chengpeng’s recently published The Whole World Knows became a phenomenal success.
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This week: Turkey labeled the ‘world’s biggest prison’ for media, defining freedom of speech in Egypt, a Cuban blogger embarks on a world tour.
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