This week: the CCP blocks news sites for the 18th Party Congress, Tibetan self-immolations continue in China, and an interview with poet/ activist Amiri Baraka.
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Khet Mar discusses the prolific career of Burmese journalist, editor, and political activist Maung Wuntha and the new battle he is fighting against lung cancer.
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Liao Yiwu, recent winner of the Friedenspreis prize in Germany, has received worldwide recognition for his writing; however, in China he is derided as a loser.
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This week: legal bans on protestors in Bahrain; violent retribution against journalists in Somalia; and tensions in Greece between free press and privacy.
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In the wake of the Taliban’s attack on 14 year old Malala Yusufzai, Bina Shah revisits a collection of Taliban poetry.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo examines the new changes to Cuba’s travel laws to see what effect, if any, it will have on Cuba’s citizens.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo examines the new changes to Cuba’s travel laws to see what effect, if any, it will have on Cuba’s citizens.
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