Sampsonia Way presents a slide show of the Human Rights plenary from One Young World conference. The session covered responsibility for protecting human rights.
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This week, China holds Ai WeiWei’s passport, Taliban threats to Pakistan media, and the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is released.
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In this week’s Night Watch Israel Centeno presents a searing indictment of media over-saturation and the desensitization it produces.
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This week, literary greats on censorship; Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez arrested; portraits of Burmese activist; anti-cybercrime law sparks protests in Philippines; UN passes journalist safety resolution; and news from Cambodia, Malaysia.
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El bloguero y columnista cubano Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo relata su reciente experiencia como víctima de un “arresto express” en la Habana. Estos arrestos ocurren fuera de la ley y de manera regular bajo la administración Raúl Castro.
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Sampsonia Way columnist Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo writes about his recent experience with an “express arrest” in Cuba, arrests of regular occurrence under President Raúl Castro that take place outside of the law with no possible recourse for complaint.
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This week, members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison, Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia kicks off U.S. Caravan for Peace. Also, news from Burma, South Korea, Honduras.
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