Turkish writer Aslı Erdogan was taken into custody on August 17, 2016 and has been imprisoned at Bakirkoy Closed Prison For Women since August 19.
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Mr. Alvarado, director and presenter of Globo TV’s news programme ‘Mi Nación’ was sentenced to a 16-month prison sentence and a work ban of the same length in December 2013 due to his coverage in 2006 of alleged corruption by a university dean.
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Despite the number of political prisoners in my country, we know very little about letters or poems written in Ethiopia’s prisons, as very few of them are published.
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The new Freedom Chat with Marina Nemat highlights this exiled writer’s perseverance and unbelievable ability to surmount a lifetime of veritable obstacles.
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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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Cuban novelist Ángel Santiesteban was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges he maintains are fabricated. Now, he is live blogging his incarceration.
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Cuban novelist Ángel Santiesteban was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges he maintains are fabricated. Now, he is live blogging his incarceration.
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