Chalachew Tadesse examines the life and work of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega.
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“Ethiopia is in an uncharted waters today more than ever before.”
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According to Human Rights Watch, as of December 2016 there were 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, many held without trial.
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The round-up of hundreds of Cuban activists was denied by the Cuban state during President Obama’s March visit to the island.
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Cuban activists appeal to Pope Francis for the release of graffiti artist El Sexto, held without trial for over eight months.
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Deji Olukotun, PEN American Center’s Freedom to Write Fellow, reports on the status of free expression in Myanmar and several burgeoning movements within this country in flux.
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“The situation in Cuba,” writes Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, “is identical to that of apartheid South Africa.” In his column, the Cuban writer looks at Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Fidel Castro in spite of the Cuba’s human rights violations and undemocratic political system.
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