In a statement given to the Scholars at Risk, his wife Vasantha Kumari said that during her last phone call with Saibaba, he “could speak with great difficulty. We could make out he was breathless, his throat was sore.” With each passing day, it grows increasingly troubling that, even after a positive test for Covid-19, the Indian government and the government of Maharashtra State will continue their practice of denying basic medical care to Saibaba.
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Turkish writer Aslı Erdogan was taken into custody on August 17, 2016 and has been imprisoned at Bakirkoy Closed Prison For Women since August 19.
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With a call to action and solidarity, Cuban Columnist Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo tells of journalist Lazaro Yuri Valle Roca’s arrest following his issuing of an open letter against censorship of the media.
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Arzu Geybulla discusses political imprisonment, the stifling of voices in Turkey and Azerbaijan, and her expectations for the two countries’ unsteady futures.
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In this Freedom Chat, Lindsay Bayne speaks with blogger, journalist, and human rights activist Arzu Geybulla. Currently living in Istanbul, Geybulla discusses press freedom, corruption, and political imprisonment in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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Despite the number of political prisoners in my country, we know very little about letters or poems written in Ethiopia’s prisons, as very few of them are published.
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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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