“Half of every story in Thailand is Royal… How can we write anything, even a historic novel, when we’re only allowed to touch the subject by praising them in a way that seems too unbelievable to be true?” Thai writer Marisa Akara calls attention to the stifling effects of the vice-like lèse-majesté law.
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Hassan Bleibel uses a national symbol of Thailand to highlight the new, militaristic regime in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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Malaysian political cartoonist, Zunar, captures the new restrictions and stresses placed upon the media in Thailand resulting from the military coup.
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This week: a Cuban blogger discusses Yoani Sanchez’s impact and the tension between government and media boils over in Myanmar, Africa, and Sri lanka.
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Our featured articles cover the work and experiences of writers from all over the world. Sampsonia Way looks back at the most read articles of 2012.
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This week: Green Party candidate Jill Stein on censorship in US elections, the arrest of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, China censors Twitter ahead of Communist Party congress, Bahrain revokes citizenships, and new gag law limits press freedom in Costa Rica.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Palestine, Russia, China, Sudan and Thailand. Also a book review of China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, and an open letter calling on Obama to ask for Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega’s release.
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