In Ghosts of Revolution Shahla Talebi writes about her first imprisonment as a political prisoner before the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Read an exclusive excerpt of the memoir.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao profiles Liu Xia in this week’s column. The wife of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo is currently living under house arrest in Beijing. Recently her photography, featuring dolls, was exhibited at the Berlin Literature Festival.
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[Original Burmese text] writer Khet Mar profiles Nyein Thit, a poet and political activist who was repeatedly jailed for participating in the Hmaing Centennial Strike and the 1988 uprising. The aging poet now wishes to leave activism to focus more on his writing.
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Burmese writer Khet Mar profiles Nyein Thit, a poet and political activist who was repeatedly jailed for participating in the Hmaing Centennial Strike and the 1988 uprising. The aging poet now wishes to leave activism to focus more on his writing.
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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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In this week’s Tea House column, the poet Khet Mar chronicles the work of Zaganar, a respected comedian, who despite multiple prison sentences, continues to fight for freedom of expression in Burma.
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In this week’s Ethiopiques exiled journalist Mesfin Negash reflects on the ways that Ethiopia – once home, sweet, home – has become “a bitter prison for the majority of Ethiopians, both at home and abroad.”
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