Two poems from A Lifetime Is a Promise to Keep: Poems of Huang Xiang translated by Michelle Yeh. Huang Xiang is an exiled poet from poem and a former writer-in-residence at City of Asylum Pittsburgh.
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On June 22, twenty-one Bahraini bloggers, human rights activists, and political activists were found guilty of plotting to topple the Bahraini monarchy.
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Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, who stars as Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson’s film The Lady was deported by the authorities in Yangoon, Burma.
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Video testimony of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi before US Congress. The pro-democracy advocate had been detained for 15 years by Burma’s ruling military junta. We also publish a transcript of her testimony.
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After facing brutal torture, Ayat al-Qarmezi from Bahrain was sentenced on June 20 to one year in prison for reading her anti-regime poem at a pro-democracy rally at Manama’s Pearl Square back in February 2011.
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In this interview, documentary filmmaker Jeanne Hallacy discusses the dangers of filming in Burma, how compassion guides the pro-democracy movement, and what you can do to help political prisoners.
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In this interview Shahla Talebi discusses her experience as a political prisoner in Iran, the current political landscape in the Middle East, and the role of women in Muslim countries.
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