Tienchi Martin-Liao describes the tragic love story of two real-life Chinese human rights activists, separated by a cruel dictatorship, through their beautiful poetry.
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The full transcript of our interview with Larry Siems, editor of Mohamedou Slahi’s Guantanamo Diary.
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Each book on exiled shelves has a story besides the one between its covers: who bought it, and where, and when, and how it arrived in its current country.
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Aleksandra Dukhanina was just 18 years old when she was arrested at the Bolotnaya Square protests. She talks to RFE/RL’s Russian Service about spending two years under house arrest.
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In the fourth segment of the Freedom Chat, Marina Nemat describes her experiences as a student during the Iranian Cultural Revolution. Marina also reveals her ebb and flow relationship with writing while she was imprisoned in Iran and afterwards when she moved to Canada.
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Democracy Now speaks to Fattah about the Egyptian revolution’s ongoing struggle against the military regime and his ordeal in one of Egypt’s worst prisons.
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Dissident Chinese writer Guo Feixiong was released from prison after serving a five-year-sentence. Guo Feixiong is a novelist and essayist, independent publisher, and rural civil rights advisor and activist.
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