For more than two decades, Samarasinghe fought for justice, freedom, and accountability in Sri Lanka. Produced in the wake of catastrophic loss, her poems unflinchingly merge the personal with the political, evoking the emotional heft of both “a cry and a song.”
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Tienchi Martin-Liao profiles dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was released from prison on August 7, 2014.
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Orlando Pardo Lazo calls for solidarity to combat abusive attacks in Cuba on journalists, such as the brutal beating of Roberto Guerra on June 11.
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Orlando Pardo Lazo calls for solidarity to combat abusive attacks on Cuban journalists, such as the brutal beating of Roberto Guerra on June 11.
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Tarik Gunersel describes the rise of ISIS in the Middle East – “the armed organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” – and how this radical body is feeding into the Turkish PM’s move away from all things secular.
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Israel Centeno criticizes “21st century socialism”, its political adherents, and their denoucement of Venezuelan protestors in his column this week.
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Artist Victor Ndula addresses the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence in this cartoon, in light of the UN’s International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.
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