Cuban activists appeal to Pope Francis for the release of graffiti artist El Sexto, held without trial for over eight months.
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Pope Francis will tour both the US and Cuba and meet with Fidel Castro on his forthcoming trip, which Cuban dissidents plan to protest.
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An excerpt of “Revol” from Hah by Turkish writer Birgül Oğuz, winner of the 2014 European Prize for Literature.
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Contemporary Armenian literature rejects censorship and literary custom in a reflection of the ongoing civil rights struggle, as represented in this story by author and dissident Armen of Armenia.
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Armen of Armenia and Birgül Oğuz, residents of the International Writer’s Program at the University of Iowa, on the power of word to change the world.
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Censors have approved a film with gay protagonists for the first time in China.
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“Word can change the world.” An interview with Armen of Armenia and Birgül Oğuz, Turkish and Armenian residents of the International Writer’s Program at the University of Iowa.
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