A new amendment to the Offenses Code of Russia threatens the LGBT community. We interview Dmitry Kuzmin, an openly gay poet and publisher living in Moscow, about the political, cultural, and literary impacts this law could have.
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China’s president calls for all media to train journalists on “Marxist news concepts” – but what does that mean exactly? According to Tienchi Martin-Liao, the new move coincides with the recent crackdown on dissidents as the government attempts to handle economic anxiety.
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Political analyst or disruptive propagandist? A disturbing trend in newspaper editorials in Venezuela. “Analysts interpret. They don’t rebuke, punish, exclude, or explain; that is the job of a propagandist.”
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This week: Egyptian army shuts down media outlets, Iran’s President-elect against internet censorship, and Hong Kong journalists fear erosion of press freedom.
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This week: Burmese writer Ma Thida discusses censorship, new French-backed Syrian radio promises independent voice, and Vietnamese bloggers harassed.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao explores how despite lack of public interest, the CCP still heavily promote Lei Feng, a figure of unyielding loyalty to the communist party.
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In his latest column, Israel Centeno ponders the paradoxes and realities that surround the disappearance of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
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