This week: the U.S. government’s attack on press freedom, calling out China on censorship, and Singapore to require news websites to be licensed.
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This week: thirteen journalists attacked in Cairo, an interview with Salman Rushdie, and a Chinese director calls out censorship policies at an award ceremony.
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Burmese actor Kyaw Thu became a social activist, founding two non-profits, at a hefty price—his work in the film industry was banned for five years.
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Deepa Mehta’s film Midnight’s Children, based on Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name, has reignited tensions with several Islamic fundamentalist groups.
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Vijay Nair profiles Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan whose works deal with subjects like the patriarchal mindset of Indians, women’s rights, and fundamentalism.
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Bernardo Ruiz, director of the documentary Reportero, sat down with Sampsonia Way to discuss violence against reporters in Mexico.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Syria, Mexico, Sudan, China, Lebanon and Turkey. Also a review of “The Colonel” by Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi and a Q&A with journalist F. Brinley Bruton who is covering Syria.
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