Burmese writer and journalist Khet Mar recounts her relationship with her journalism mentor, the respected journalist, editor, and pro-democracy activist Maung Moe Thu.
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In this video interview Tibetan-Chinese writer, blogger, and activist Tsering Woeser discusses her history of harassment at the hands of the Chinese government, the current situation in Tibet, and what people can do to help. She also reads a short poem.
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El bloguero y columnista cubano Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo relata su reciente experiencia como víctima de un “arresto express” en la Habana. Estos arrestos ocurren fuera de la ley y de manera regular bajo la administración Raúl Castro.
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Sampsonia Way columnist Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo writes about his recent experience with an “express arrest” in Cuba, arrests of regular occurrence under President Raúl Castro that take place outside of the law with no possible recourse for complaint.
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We caught up with Abdellah Taïa on the eve of the release of his latest novel Infidels. In this interview he offers his thoughts on Moroccan society, his writing process, his homosexuality, and the realization of his childhood dreams.
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After ten years in prison, Chinese writer Wang Xiaoning is being released from prison August 31. Wang was accused of “inciting subversion of state power” for his articles on publication law, election regulations, and the corrupt military system in China.
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Independent Chinese PEN Center Tienchi Martin-Liao profiles Tsering Woeser, an internationally renowned Tibetan poet and activist writer who reports on the situation in Tibet. Also commentary on the self-immolated monks whose stories Woeser shares in her blog.
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